Author Topic: Quotes from work (Read 180755 times)

Jonathon · « **Reply #600 on:** January 14, 2010, 06:05:52 PM »

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I was trying to figure out what they actually meant by leaving the "is" in there.

Serving as the verb of the subordinate clause introduced by "like"?

I'm not seeing what's ungrammatical about it, though I think it is a little clumsy. I'd probably write, "Enjoy Dasani with a splash of natural flavor essence, as if fresh fruit was squeezed into every bottle."

Edit: Actually, I think that's still pretty clumsy. But that's how I'd rewrite it with a minimum of changes.

sweet clementine · « **Reply #601 on:** January 14, 2010, 06:26:16 PM »

I think they meant it like this "Enjoy Dasani with a splash of natural flavor essence; it's like fresh fruit is squeezed into every bottle."
but they used a comma and forgot the "it's"

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #602 on:** January 14, 2010, 08:46:18 PM »

I'll skip the Dasani altogether; I don't want a splash of natural flavor essence.

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #603 on:** January 15, 2010, 05:33:45 AM »

There's poor kids in Africa who don't even get a splash of natural flavor essence.

Scott R · « **Reply #604 on:** January 15, 2010, 06:07:58 AM »

When I was a kid, we used to dream of natural flavor essence...

Scott R · « **Reply #605 on:** January 15, 2010, 06:13:14 AM »

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The whole idea of a self-help guru is an odd one. If the idea is to help myself, why do I need to buy your book?

I know that this is a really old quote-- Porter is probably dead and buried by now-- but this cracked me up.

Porter · « **Reply #606 on:** January 15, 2010, 06:31:51 AM »

Wow. That is old.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #607 on:** February 03, 2010, 03:35:26 PM »

From work last night, a patient was complaining to the nurse that she was cold, and asked what the temperature was in the room.

"It's fine. It's room temperature in here."

I love that. No matter what the temperature of the room, it's room temperature. After the nurse went out, I went in with an extra blanket.

The Genuine · « **Reply #608 on:** February 04, 2010, 01:07:14 PM »

Who likes to sleep at room temperature?

sweet clementine · « **Reply #609 on:** February 04, 2010, 02:45:53 PM »

The Genuine · « **Reply #610 on:** February 04, 2010, 05:35:11 PM »

Really? Most people I know prefer it cold, so they can kick the blankets off or stick their feet out or something.

rivka · « **Reply #611 on:** February 04, 2010, 07:57:50 PM »

I prefer warm.

BlackBlade · « **Reply #612 on:** February 04, 2010, 08:40:27 PM »

I love it freezing, assuming of course I have plenty of nice warm coverings on the bed.

Jonathon · « **Reply #613 on:** March 10, 2010, 10:20:03 AM »

The other day one of my coworkers, who is working as a writing tutor for one of our director's classes, came across this gem in a student paper:

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David O'McKay

We all had a good laugh at that.

(For those who don't know, David O. McKay was an LDS prophet a few decades ago.)

BlackBlade · « **Reply #614 on:** March 10, 2010, 11:04:51 AM »

I kinda like O'McKay. It takes a Scottish sounding name and makes it Irish. Scots-Irish?

Jonathon · « **Reply #615 on:** March 10, 2010, 11:44:37 AM »

Mac/Mc can be either Irish or Scottish, as I understand it. I think O' is exclusively Irish.

The Genuine · « **Reply #616 on:** March 10, 2010, 11:52:12 AM »

I knew Mc could be Scotch as well as Irish, but I didn't know Mac could be Irish as well as Scotch.

Jonathon · « **Reply #617 on:** March 10, 2010, 12:15:02 PM »

The Mc/Mac distinction is a myth.

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And just so you know, the preferred term is Scottish or Scots, not Scotch. That's considered outdated and mildly offensive.

TomDavidson · « **Reply #618 on:** March 10, 2010, 12:37:49 PM »

I like McO'Kay better, personally.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #619 on:** March 10, 2010, 12:57:51 PM »

O'Mckayahanoshaunosea.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #620 on:** March 10, 2010, 01:00:44 PM »

Back when my ma was working in the NYC public schools, the schools chancellor was Harold O. Levy. It always cracked her the heck up when she saw it written as Harold O'Levy.

Jonathon · « **Reply #621 on:** April 08, 2010, 12:26:07 PM »

While proofreading a book, I've come across some awesome old obituary titles from the Deseret News in the late 1800s and early 1900s:

“Funeral Rites Set Friday for Mrs. Crow”
“Last Call Comes to Early Settler of Utah”
“Judge Charles S. Zane Called Suddenly by Death”
“Hyrum Goff Is Called by Death”
“Death of Mrs. Goff: Estimable West Jordan Woman Passes to the Great Beyond”

And my very favorite:
“Death’s Sorrowful Work: Alice Lambert Peart Passes from This Mortal Sphere”

Jonathon · « **Reply #622 on:** May 04, 2010, 02:42:25 PM »

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One of those images, taken in 1849 or 1850, shows him in a fine suit, clean-shaven with thick dark hair and penetrating but soft eyes.

Like being stabbed with a teddy bear, I'd imagine.

rivka · « **Reply #623 on:** May 04, 2010, 03:20:22 PM »

dkw · « **Reply #624 on:** May 13, 2010, 07:29:35 AM »

"rectification for the sake of the restoration of a state of rectitude."