Comments on: Mexico City Photos http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/archives/349 Truth and the God of Truth encountered. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:47:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Chris http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/archives/349#comment-9490 Chris Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:39:36 +0000 http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/?p=349#comment-9490 I should have known better than to challenge the grammar god. I should have known better than to challenge the grammar god.

]]> By: Dylan http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/archives/349#comment-9488 Dylan Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:48:35 +0000 http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/?p=349#comment-9488 "This is a photo of" is not a subject. Nevertheless, I can see why you might think that "a photo of" would be implied. “This is a photo of” is not a subject. Nevertheless, I can see why you might think that “a photo of” would be implied.

]]> By: Chris http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/archives/349#comment-9487 Chris Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:24:15 +0000 http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/?p=349#comment-9487 My apologies, I thought the implied subject might be something like, "This is a photo of...". Hence the problem with the implied subject: it is ambiguous. Nevertheless, I shall not get excited so quickly about correcting your grammar again. cv My apologies, I thought the implied subject might be something like, “This is a photo of…”. Hence the problem with the implied subject: it is ambiguous. Nevertheless, I shall not get excited so quickly about correcting your grammar again.

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]]> By: Dylan http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/archives/349#comment-9485 Dylan Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:21:17 +0000 http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/?p=349#comment-9485 I'm correct; "Zacharias and I" is the predicate of the implied impersonal subject of the phrase. E.g., "This is I in an alley." We don't usually speak like this, but it's your friend and mine: the predicate nominative. I’m correct; “Zacharias and I” is the predicate of the implied impersonal subject of the phrase. E.g., “This is I in an alley.”

We don’t usually speak like this, but it’s your friend and mine: the predicate nominative.

]]> By: Chris http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/archives/349#comment-9484 Chris Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:10:02 +0000 http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/?p=349#comment-9484 I believe it should read, "Zacharias and me in an alley," or maybe, "Zacharias and me, in an alley." If you leave out Zacharias from the caption, you would be left with, "I in an alley," which clearly does not make any sense. cv I believe it should read, “Zacharias and me in an alley,” or maybe, “Zacharias and me, in an alley.” If you leave out Zacharias from the caption, you would be left with, “I in an alley,” which clearly does not make any sense.

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