"glenn close stepped on the stage to honor the academy members who sadly passed away this evening.".
.. what did the reporter mean to say?
coco.
O, Nancy, O Nancy!
Out, out brief-lived instructor, life's but faulty grammar that struts and laughs its hour in the classroom and is praised yet more. It is a tale told by a scorned teacher, full of wisdom and good intentions, and he's heard no more . . .
CC
"glenn close stepped on the stage to honor the academy members who sadly passed away this evening.".
.. what did the reporter mean to say?
coco.
Mr. Shirley:
I wanna go to the planet you're from. Truly, you are droll!
The potential pomposity and ballooning seriousness of these grammar threads can do with an occasional deflation . . . Mind you, occasional. . . .
Best regards.
CC
heavy, heavy upon my failing heart weighs your aching.
need for my full and loving devotion.. oh, how i spend myself willingly on your behalf as,.
truly, your desires outstrip my own.. were i but a younger and wiry man, would i scale.
Good morning, dear Nancy!
I, likewise, do not know what it means. It's a relief not to feel compelled to assign significance to every little or big thing that comes our way. You always express the imponderable so well! I'm grateful that I can put on paper past suffering and not 'go to pieces.' Yesterday I read at our writers' group:
Absorbed though I am in the moment -- all alone in this merciless world -- yet I think of sweeter days, days when you, my faithful, loving companion were at my side, at the ready to meet my ever pressing needs: those of heart, body, soul. [. . .]
The above and all the rest came out, and I didn't fall apart as I would have in earlier days.
Thanks again for your wonderful post.
Love,
CoCo
"glenn close stepped on the stage to honor the academy members who sadly passed away this evening.".
.. what did the reporter mean to say?
coco.
Good Morning, smiddy and Magnum:
Your comments are very much appreciated!
Thank you.
CC
Smiddy: Yeah -- understood and agreed. Something like Bette Midler's emotional "The Wind Beneath My Wings" a person can watch over and over, but what you described -- is once too much?!?!?!?
Magnum: Your point is well made and could, conceivably, describe either scenario. Notice what the following snippet indicates:
A specific type of disjunct is the sentence adverb (or sentence adverbial), which modifies a sentence, or a clause within a sentence, to convey the mood, attitude or sentiments of the speaker, rather than an adverb modifying a verb, an adjective or another adverb within a sentence.
"glenn close stepped on the stage to honor the academy members who sadly passed away this evening.".
.. what did the reporter mean to say?
coco.
"Glenn Close stepped on the stage to honor the academy members who sadly passed away this evening."
"Glenn Close stepped on stage this evening to honor the academy members who, sadly, [had] passed away."
The big, confusing deal here is the misplacement of the adverbial phrase "this evening," describing at what time Ms. Close STEPPED onto the stage. The deceased, obviously, did not pass away on the night of the Oscars. Two past tenses are needed here. The earlier past action must employ the auxiliary verb "had" to indicate an action previous to another, namely, the deceased HAD DIED before Ms. Close STEPPED onto the stage. BTW, I would say that she stepped on stage, rather than on the stage, as the former is treated like an expression. There is no need to specify through the direct article the a particular stage as distinct from all others.
Sheesh! Enuf already!!!!!!!!!!
The disjunct sadly -- not essential to the sentence -- must be set off by commas.
THANKS!
CC
"glenn close stepped on the stage to honor the academy members who sadly passed away this evening.".
.. what did the reporter mean to say?
coco.
Welcome, Magnum!
Thanks for joining in. We're happy to have you here.
Blessings and peace.
CoCo
"glenn close stepped on the stage to honor the academy members who sadly passed away this evening.".
.. what did the reporter mean to say?
coco.
Hola, rip!
As usual, your word play is muy fabuloso!
!!!
Muchas gracias.
CC
"glenn close stepped on the stage to honor the academy members who sadly passed away this evening.".
.. what did the reporter mean to say?
coco.
YES, YES, Oubliette and Shirley!
I went for the lower case deliberately; a good writer knows that the astute reader (vous-meme) will get the correct inference from a well-placed implication . . .
Kudos and thanks.
Scary -- I have her hair.
CC
"glenn close stepped on the stage to honor the academy members who sadly passed away this evening.".
.. what did the reporter mean to say?
coco.
Dear humorists, et al:
What a joy to come home to such a variety of treatments!
I believe that it was a dark and stormy night, given Ellen's reference to worldwide concern over the menacing rain and her gratitude for everyone's prayers . . .
Yoouse guys and gals is too much!!!
It was, sadly, a close call for those in proximity, an attraction, to be sure, though not necessarily fatal.
CC
"glenn close stepped on the stage to honor the academy members who sadly passed away this evening.".
.. what did the reporter mean to say?
coco.
Thanks, Oubliette!
Your writing and proper use of punctuation have long impressed me, within or without the PJs!
Best.
CC
