Former English teacher.
On Apr 16, 2005, at 11:32 AM, Peter J. Alling wrote:
Pedant.
Paul Stenquist wrote:
Bob wins. "Nonsense" isn't an English sentence. However, "Damn" is a
complete sentence if the word "da,m" is used as a verb and the doer
of the action is an understood "you."
On Apr 16, 2005, at 10:08 AM, Bob W wrote:
Hi,
It's pretty hard to parse a one word sentence.
Nonsense!
At least you give more than one syllable to work with.
Damn.
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Cheers,
Bob
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I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get
to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners -
two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime.
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