"in behalf of" used to be "on behalf of."
Could this be a small, scarcely noticed change on which an empire might rise or fall?
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Curious change in December 15 Study Article
by Bobcat ini ran across a change between the printed edition of the december 15, 2013 wt study edition and the magazine as a pdf download from the jw.org website.. whether the change amounts to much, i'm not sure.
but it is curious.
the change is in paragraph 16 on page 15:.
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How would you compose these facts into sentences?
by compound complex inplease make one sentence each from the following sets of facts:.
1) a man: he's cynical/he's old/he's a bachelor/he's grizzled.
2) a boy: he owns a schwinn bicycle/he's 10 years old/the bike is blue/it's a christmas gift/it has three speeds.
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Greetings, Bobcat and all other enthusiastic grammarians:
Please, BC, do intend your pun! The "take over" is quite all right; to avoid all confusion, however, and tend toward a more staid, boring () description of said occurrence, I'll give you my "perspective," or "viewpoint"!
Your reasoning, your explanation are spot on, standing up to what the books actually do say and standard usage allows! More . . .
But first, I must walk an anxious pooch, who's just eaten and needs to . . .
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Adjustment:
"Mary, [who is] a high school student [dependent clause], sauntered home toward Maple Way [prepositional phrase], her long red, curly [adjectives] hair shining in the sun."
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How would you compose these facts into sentences?
by compound complex inplease make one sentence each from the following sets of facts:.
1) a man: he's cynical/he's old/he's a bachelor/he's grizzled.
2) a boy: he owns a schwinn bicycle/he's 10 years old/the bike is blue/it's a christmas gift/it has three speeds.
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See you tomorrow, rip et al!
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How would you compose these facts into sentences?
by compound complex inplease make one sentence each from the following sets of facts:.
1) a man: he's cynical/he's old/he's a bachelor/he's grizzled.
2) a boy: he owns a schwinn bicycle/he's 10 years old/the bike is blue/it's a christmas gift/it has three speeds.
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Take a deep breath, rip!!!
Remember, this is only a fluff thread. Well, heavy-duty fluff!
CoCo
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How would you compose these facts into sentences?
by compound complex inplease make one sentence each from the following sets of facts:.
1) a man: he's cynical/he's old/he's a bachelor/he's grizzled.
2) a boy: he owns a schwinn bicycle/he's 10 years old/the bike is blue/it's a christmas gift/it has three speeds.
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From Fernando, on another thread [thanks!]:
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead.
Highlighted words: Ms. Mead might have said a group of committed, thoughtful citizens; however, the key word here is committed. "Committed" denotes action on the part of the citizens. Their being thoughtful is a positive -- sure -- but to be merely a thoughtful citizen doesn't put a worthy candidate into office. The citizens must be committed to the given cause of the community. The placement of "committed," therefore, is rightly placed before "citizens."
Thoughtful, committed citizens both think and act.
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How would you compose these facts into sentences?
by compound complex inplease make one sentence each from the following sets of facts:.
1) a man: he's cynical/he's old/he's a bachelor/he's grizzled.
2) a boy: he owns a schwinn bicycle/he's 10 years old/the bike is blue/it's a christmas gift/it has three speeds.
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Thanks, rip and OUTLAW! [I put each fact separately so as to give no clues as to sequencing.]
Great work!
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How would you compose these facts into sentences?
by compound complex inplease make one sentence each from the following sets of facts:.
1) a man: he's cynical/he's old/he's a bachelor/he's grizzled.
2) a boy: he owns a schwinn bicycle/he's 10 years old/the bike is blue/it's a christmas gift/it has three speeds.
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Excellent work, my equals! That's exactly what I had in mind!
Thank you, Bob, Lisa, rip, Millie, Fernando and insearch, for posting.
During my walk this afternoon I was pondering word sequence. In general, when a noun is being modified, adjectives are placed from least important to most important before the item being described. Phrases, a group of descriptive words containing no verb, and clauses, similar but containing a verb, follow the thing being described:
"Mary, a high school student [descriptive phrase], sauntered home toward Maple Way [prepositional phrase], her long red, curly [adjectives] hair shining in the sun."
It's not written in stone. Sometimes it's a matter of euphony and cadence (if you're reading aloud). I figure that the main point here is that Mary's hair is curly and red. If I were to leave out curly, I would definitely write: "Mary's long red hair." Mary's known as a redhead; the hair's length and curl are of lesser importance, IMHO.
More later -- I type very slowly . . .
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How would you compose these facts into sentences?
by compound complex inplease make one sentence each from the following sets of facts:.
1) a man: he's cynical/he's old/he's a bachelor/he's grizzled.
2) a boy: he owns a schwinn bicycle/he's 10 years old/the bike is blue/it's a christmas gift/it has three speeds.
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Greetings!
Please make one sentence each from the following sets of facts:
1) A man: he's cynical/he's old/he's a bachelor/he's grizzled
2) a boy: he owns a Schwinn bicycle/he's 10 years old/the bike is blue/it's a Christmas gift/it has three speeds
3) Mary: she's a high school student/her hair is red/her hair is long/she lives on Maple Way/her hair is curly
The point is to get the modifying phrases/clauses and adjectives in the correct order. If you succeed, please explain your reasoning!
Thanks!
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other forums
by Hortensia ini look at three forums pretty much every day, this one, a knitting/crochet forum and a weight-loss forum.
the weight-loss site has loads of useful apps, but the forum consists of posts by people who are mostly pretty young, self-absorbed and ill-informed except on a narrow range of information, mainly weight-lifting, working out, and starving themselves.. the folks on the knitting/crochet forum are extremely polite, politically correct, and obey rules very carefully.
other than that, there are some seriously creative people with amazing artistic talent that expresses itself in fiber arts.
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The English language affords our dear Nancy many an opportunity . . .
Funny how our differently spelled words so often rhyme with one another!
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Schizophrenia
by thedog1 inthat is what it feels like at the moment.
i am leading a field service group tomorrow morning.
taking the wt study on saturday.
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Greetings, thedog:
I'm sorry for what you're dealing with. I am experiencing something similar, but not to so great an extent as you.
Comforting to me is Nancy Sage's story. She was a member of our forum under its earlier name, JWD. She wrote a book describing her wish to save her JW daughter. I believe she had been dfed, got reinstated and succeeded in rescuing her daughter. The title of her book is (I think I'm correct): Going Underground to Rescue My Daughter From the Cult of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Admittedly, not all could stomach what she put herself through, but she made it.
Best wishes as you endeavor to maintain your sanity and integrity.
CoCo