The other is a vampire and thus technically dead. So what I said is correct. lol.Fairportfan wrote:As opposed to "...one of the two remaining Anasazi..."zachariah wrote: ...the last living member of the Anasazi...
Stay Out Of Her Way 2013-07-18
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Re: Stay Out Of Her Way 2013-07-18
Ambush questions are fun. Watching the mental impact of them as they distort, or crumble, opinions based on faulty logic.
Re: Stay Out Of Her Way 2013-07-18
Actually thanks to E.E. Smith. I've loved this series for years. Randall, and a few others, have expanded the series but they were not as good. It's tough to do good space opera.Dave wrote:Of course. No one ever has, or ever will put on the Greys without making that simple, meaningful gesture known as the Grey Seal.Hanineal wrote:But does she know how to do the Grey Seal properly?Fairportfan wrote:Yay! Katherine gets her Greys, officially!
It's the only way to get the zipper closed.
(with thanks to Randall Garrett and "Backstage Lensman" of course)
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Re: Stay Out Of Her Way 2013-07-18
Actually, Dave was quoting from Garrett's parody, "Backstage Lensman"zachariah wrote:Actually thanks to E.E. Smith. I've loved this series for years. Randall, and a few others, have expanded the series but they were not as good. It's tough to do good space opera.Dave wrote: Of course. No one ever has, or ever will put on the Greys without making that simple, meaningful gesture known as the Grey Seal.
It's the only way to get the zipper closed.
(with thanks to Randall Garrett and "Backstage Lensman" of course)
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Re: Stay Out Of Her Way 2013-07-18
But there are 2 verbs in the sentence and they both need to agree consistently.Dave wrote:Kingmaker wrote:Firstly, I think in the last panel Mr. Taylor meant Covers not cover....
MIB covers her tracks.
Depends how you interpret "MIB". If you interpret it as the name of an organization (singular), "covers" would be better. If you interpret it as an acronym for "the Men In Black" (plural) then "cover" is more appropriate.
And, of course, you can be ambiguous, and use it in ways which imply both interpretations in the same paragraph... grammatically allowed in English when referring to mysterious secret organizations whose members carry little flashy things
It's either "MIB" as a singular organization and the verbs are plural: "MIB stays out of her way and covers her tracks"
or
"the MIB"(the Men In Black) as a plurality of men and the verbs are singular: "the MIB stay out of her way and cover her tracks"
Can't have it both ways without jarring the reader.
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Re: Stay Out Of Her Way 2013-07-18
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Re: Stay Out Of Her Way 2013-07-18
I think I said it earlier - I always thought in Wapsi MIB stood for 'Monsters in Black', and they just never clued in the humans.....
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Re: Stay Out Of Her Way 2013-07-18
John Keel's original reports of Men In Black were obvious monsters, awkwardly trying to pass as human.NOTDilbert wrote:I think I said it earlier - I always thought in Wapsi MIB stood for 'Monsters in Black', and they just never clued in the humans.....
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Re: Stay Out Of Her Way 2013-07-18
And now I'm going to have scenes from The Prisoner running through my head today.Yamara wrote:"I'm a not a number! Nope, not me. Why, my middle name iszzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzFairportfan wrote:"You are Number One through Six, inclusive."
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Re: Stay Out Of Her Way 2013-07-18
Win!Julie wrote:And now I'm going to have scenes from The Prisoner running through my head today.
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Re: Stay Out Of Her Way 2013-07-18
WELL DONEJabberwonky wrote:Win!Julie wrote:And now I'm going to have scenes from The Prisoner running through my head today.
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Re: Stay Out Of Her Way 2013-07-18
kingklash wrote:WELL DONEJabberwonky wrote:Win!Julie wrote:And now I'm going to have scenes from The Prisoner running through my head today.
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