Posted by Oddipus Rex on April 20, 2003, at 15:09:45
In reply to Addendum, posted by medlib on April 20, 2003, at 13:49:43
the correct term is a babblation of boards
a bunch of boards = incorrect for the same reason a comittee of bananas=incorrect> Hi again--
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> Sorry, I should have cited my source. Here's what my beleaguered U. has to say on the subject (though it was still an Institute when I attended):
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> http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~opa/pubs/ed_style_guide/grammar.html
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> Sorry, too, that my statement about "returning to what I pretend is real life" was unnecessarily obscure. These days, the only remotely productive things I do are babysit for my grandson and teach an occasional Internet class--a far cry from the normal lives the rest of you live. So, I end up "Pretending to be normal". or, in my case, pretending to *have* a life. In any case, quibbling about sentence structure on the Internet is a whole lot more fun than cleaning up the kitchen, which is what awaits me in what passes for my real life.
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> Happy Easter!---medlib
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