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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Darwin is. Hydra #169176 07/13/07 10:20 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I'm not saying that there aren't times when the simple <subj> <verb to be> is used. It's just got to be a very special case. The standard way of handling the situation is with a <there> <to be> <noun phrase> construction. E.g., "There was a Charles Darwin." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Darwin is. Bohemian_Cur 07/05/07 03:32 AM Re: Darwin is. Faldage 07/05/07 09:44 AM Re: Darwin is. Jackie 07/05/07 04:00 PM Re: Darwin is. Faldage 07/05/07 07:30 PM Re: Darwin is. wsieber 07/05/07 06:07 PM Re: Darwin is. themilum 07/13/07 12:07 PM Re: Darwin is. Faldage 07/13/07 11:20 PM Re: Darwin is. themilum 07/14/07 03:45 AM Re: Darwin is. Faldage 07/14/07 12:24 PM It is. Hydra 07/15/07 02:27 AM Re: Darwin is. wsieber 07/14/07 08:29 AM Re: Darwin is. Hydra 07/12/07 01:43 AM Re: Darwin is. Faldage 07/12/07 10:33 AM Re: Darwin is. TheFallibleFiend 07/12/07 12:16 PM Re: Darwin is. wsieber 07/12/07 01:00 PM Re: Darwin is. Maven 07/12/07 02:39 PM Re: Darwin is. TheFallibleFiend 07/12/07 04:53 PM Re: Darwin is. Zed 07/12/07 07:50 PM Re: Darwin is. nancyk 07/12/07 10:59 PM Re: Darwin is. Faldage 07/13/07 12:16 AM Re: Darwin is. Hydra 07/13/07 07:02 AM Re: Darwin is. Faldage 07/13/07 10:20 AM Re: Darwin is. olly 07/14/07 03:50 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,342 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (A C Bowden), 429 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 20 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,546 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,917 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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