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We all remember out third-grade teacher who sternly warned us about the horrors of dangling participles. Recently while reading a book geared toward writers, the author broached the subject of DP’s. Here’s the sentence she gave as an example: The author says that this is a classic example of a DP, but he doesn’t say why or how. This sentence seems a little awkward, but I’m not seeing ...
Mijin August 22, 2010, 2:22pm 1. So, one movie cliche is someone is falling off the edge of a cliff, or off the top of a building and being saved. The hero holds out his arm and the falling person grabs it, usually at the wrist. They make straining sounds as the friend is pulled up. Now, I can see how, if the friend is at least partially ...
The “pass” in “passed his prime” is the verb, for example: He has passed his prime age of 35 years old. “Past his prime” is an idiom, which means someone is older than their peak age, whatever that may be. “Past” is not a verb. Logically it would seem to be “passed” as in his time has passed (him by) but most online sources ...
Function: noun. Date: 1862. : a hall or building (as on an army post) in which mess is served ". “Etymology: Middle English mes, from Middle French, from Late Latin missus course at a meal, from missus, past participle of mittere to put, from Latin, to send – more at SMITE. Date: 14th century.
Physically, there’s just a limp, dangling appendage retracting as far as it can in preparation for combat. But then, 6.7 billion people on Planet Earth are not exactly like me. Some people do associate certain kinds of pain with sexual stimulation and, like the OP, I wonder if someone could provide insight about it, other than “Hey, it’s ...
I’m sure there’s a great future in porn for anyone who can get erect by a mere touch to their dangling software. Just don’t audition by sending unwanted photos of this disorder. Fear_Itself June 10, 2024, 3:38am
Item the first: McDonalds french fry supplier, Lamb Weston, is closing their plant in Washington due to financial losses. People are apparently eating fewer fries, substituting smaller sizes to save money. Item B: McDonald’s is suing Tyson, JBS, Cargill, and National Beef Packing Company, accusing them of colluding to inflate beef prices. I have no comment. I may have lunch at a McDonalds ...
Someone can correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe that cruciatus is also the Masculine Nominative Singular Perfect Passive Participle of crucio, cruciare. If that were the case, then it would translate as “having been punished” rather than “punishment”. That makes it: Having been punished on a cross, may you go on a cross.
In countries that legally recognize moral rights, authors have redress to protect any distortion, misrepresentation, or interference of their works that could negatively affect their honor. Moral rights are often described as “inalienable.”. French law recognizes perpetual moral rights. In Germany, moral rights end when the author’s ...
Here’s what I would do: Keep using the cat trap, but tie it open and let her get some REALLY good food in it. Leave it like that for a week at least, making sure that she will go in and eat. Once she’s reliably going after the goodies, set the trap for real. Be prepared to keep her in a crate for several weeks.