Nice welcome to friendaroonie, Nancy!
LucidChimp:
Welcome to the forum . . . glad to meet you!
Re your clever poem:
It's perfect in its straightforward simplicity, yet it has an underlying message that we all should heed.
THANKS! !!!
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this tired, lonely man has been snared, but i protest little .
she holds me tenderly in her tightening but welcome thrall.
i cave willingly -- oh, so willingly -- to her amatory attentions.
Nice welcome to friendaroonie, Nancy!
LucidChimp:
Welcome to the forum . . . glad to meet you!
Re your clever poem:
It's perfect in its straightforward simplicity, yet it has an underlying message that we all should heed.
THANKS! !!!
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walking down the street, the trees were beautiful.. i saw the trailer peeking through the window.. reaching the station, the sun came out.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dangling_modifier.
THE GLADIATOR:
You are very clever and funny !
Thank you for adding to the fun/education.
Nancy Drew:
I believe you are the one who could make a silk purse out of a sow's ear!
Thanks for your humorous, well-written tale.
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walking down the street, the trees were beautiful.. i saw the trailer peeking through the window.. reaching the station, the sun came out.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dangling_modifier.
Wonderful, rip!
Good job. One small thing:
"8- to 12-year-old urchins" [the 8- is linked to 12-year-old]
Will offer explan later . . . off to work.
Have a good day, ALL!
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walking down the street, the trees were beautiful.. i saw the trailer peeking through the window.. reaching the station, the sun came out.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dangling_modifier.
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walking down the street, the trees were beautiful.. i saw the trailer peeking through the window.. reaching the station, the sun came out.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dangling_modifier.
Thanks, Nancy and Oubliette!
Any commas, hyphens and a sole period in the wings?!?!?!
CoCo One-ders?
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walking down the street, the trees were beautiful.. i saw the trailer peeking through the window.. reaching the station, the sun came out.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dangling_modifier.
Please punctuate the following sentence:
James an over the hill sort of fellow went into the library to find some quiet only to find it jammed with noisy 8 to 12 year old urchins
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walking down the street, the trees were beautiful.. i saw the trailer peeking through the window.. reaching the station, the sun came out.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dangling_modifier.
Thank you, Oubliette an Iown, for your posts. I shall henceforth carry the day with panache!
I must away to scrub floors and toilets (yes, 45 years later, I'm at it still [or moving, but slowly]), but uppermost in my mind will be you!
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walking down the street, the trees were beautiful.. i saw the trailer peeking through the window.. reaching the station, the sun came out.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dangling_modifier.
Welcome, piztjw!
Good one!
Interesting re beside/besides:
Beside -- as noted above -- means "at the side of," yet besides similarly means "along the side of." However, besides may indicate "in addition to." Therefore, "Besides (i.e., in addition to) a dog, a book is a man's best friend," makes more sense grammatically, but what you offered is a humorous twist that carries the day [how does one carry the day?].
THANKS!
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walking down the street, the trees were beautiful.. i saw the trailer peeking through the window.. reaching the station, the sun came out.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dangling_modifier.
As always, Nancy -- inspired!
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walking down the street, the trees were beautiful.. i saw the trailer peeking through the window.. reaching the station, the sun came out.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dangling_modifier.
Thanks for your posts, Oubliette and LisaRose!
Excellent!
Nice comment about inspiration toward creativity, Lisa. A little student of mine has asked to be taken to an art museum in order to become inspired!
CoCo