Wow, this place is a desolute, denuded, wasteland.................................

[BDYZR]

FYI

[charsibb]

desolute = resolutely desolate?

[BDYZR]

desolute = resolutely desolate?

absolutely

[raptorcj]

 

 

What does 'desolute' mean....what language is it part of?

Says the guy ending his sentence with a preposition.

 

There are four main types of situation in which it is more natural to end a sentence or clause with a preposition:

• passive structures (she enjoys being fussed over)
• relative clauses (they must be convinced of the commitment that they are taking on)
• infinitive structures (Tom had no-one to play with)
• questions beginning with who, where, what, etc. (what music are you interested in?)

 

 

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/11/grammar-myths-prepositions/

 

 

Oxford 1

Jupe 0

 

"four...situation"??

 

Unless that part came from Ned, I'm not sure Oxford should be playing this particular game.

[Skingraft]

Hi....

[Gismo]

"Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put."

-Winston Churchill

[JupiterBull]

 

 

What does 'desolute' mean....what language is it part of?

Says the guy ending his sentence with a preposition.

 

There are four main types of situation in which it is more natural to end a sentence or clause with a preposition:

• passive structures (she enjoys being fussed over)
• relative clauses (they must be convinced of the commitment that they are taking on)
• infinitive structures (Tom had no-one to play with)
• questions beginning with who, where, what, etc. (what music are you interested in?)

 

 

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/11/grammar-myths-prepositions/

 

 

Oxford 1

Jupe 0

 

"There are certain things up with which I shall not put"--Winston Churchill, mocking those who insist on not ending sentences with preps.

 

And, I was kidding, Ned...far from a grammar stud.  Good to hear from you, as a former Auman Blog Alum.

[JupiterBull]

"Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put."

-Winston Churchill

AH...should have read the thread fully, first.  Well done, Gismo.

[Bear]

 

What does 'desolute' mean....what language is it part of?

Says the guy ending his sentence with a preposition.

 

 

lol