[Ducati] was Whoops. Again. Now frikkin' grammar...NDC

[Steve Abramson]

The thought of having mistakenly used a conjunction to start a sentence has 
had me in a dither. Thanks for easing my mind, Grand Master.





> "It" is not a conjunction.........Grammar Master.  "It" is a pronoun and 
> is perfectly acceptable as the first word in a sentence.  It is 
> prepositions that are unacceptable as sentence enders, not starters, 
> according to Dryden.  Prepositions include words and phrases like "at", 
> "by", "with", "from", and "in regard to".
>
> Conjunctions are words that bind together words, clauses, or sentences. 
> "And", "or", and "nor" are conjunctions.
>
> Interestingly enough, the word conjunction, when used in this grammatical 
> sense, is a translation of the Greek "sundesmos" which means "binding 
> together".  Since the word "sundesmos" includes the word "desmo", which 
> translates as "bind", maybe there is some Ducati content after all!!  8 )
>
> Cheers,
>
> Cloner
>
> Corrector of correctors!!!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Abramson [mailto:desmo900 at optonline.net]
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 3:04 PM
> To: Ducati Owners Group
> Subject: Re: [Ducati] Whoops. Again.
>
>
> Sorry, teacher.........
>
>
>
>
>> Starting a sentence with a conjunction   :-)
>>
>> On 14/06/06, Steve Abramson <desmo900 at optonline.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> It is a blessing and a curse to strive to be very good in grammar, both
>>> written and spoken. But a curse I am happy to endure!
>>>
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >I notice that every post I have sent the list today is littered with
>>> > abominable spelling which is what happens when I have this much to do
>>> > at
>>> > one  time.
>>> > (Summer. Event season)  Still I'd like to apologize for sending
>>> a  nearly
>>> > unintelligible "Red Ball" post, lol.
>>> > Geez.
>>> > Sorry.
>>> > Vicki
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>>>
>>>
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>> of
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