Re: [b] -- Best advert

[Subintellectual <subintellectual@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nick Mailer wrote:
> Subintellectual wrote:
> > Nick Mailer wrote:
> > > Subintellectual wrote:
> > >
> > > > > It would never be me enjoying an advert.
> > > >
> > > > How about with a comma? Because your enjoyment is essentially 
> > > > abstract, so hard to capture on video. Whereas you, I understand, 
> > > > are real.
> > >
> > > Well, if you put a comma there, then you have abused the nominative 
> > > with a naughty accusative, haven't you? So no cigar. When a gerund 
> > > sounds clumsy, then reform the phrase with a simpler, more direct 
> > > construction.
> >
> > It's sad that this still annoys me.
>
> I don't know why. It's not that I have the power to sentence abusers to 
> death. But you have to admit that there are usually more elegant, simple 
> constructions than the gerund - particularly when you have to mangle it.
>
> I'm arguing for simple and direct modes of communication; you should 
> approve.

You're smearing vaseline on windows just so you can wipe it off.


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EVERYTHING'S FUNNIER IN CAPITAL LETTERS.


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