Re: [PATCH] maint.mk: prohibit common grammar error: "all these"

Paul Eggert wrote: > On 06/11/2012 01:05 AM, Jim Meyering wrote: >> I suspect that some those (sic) instances are exercising poetic license >> (Shakespeare, surely) or merely demonstrate that this error is common >> in informal speech (Salinger's narrative). > > Sorry, but that's not what's happeni

Re: [PATCH] maint.mk: prohibit common grammar error: "all these"

On 06/11/2012 01:05 AM, Jim Meyering wrote: > I suspect that some those (sic) instances are exercising poetic license > (Shakespeare, surely) or merely demonstrate that this error is common > in informal speech (Salinger's narrative). Sorry, but that's not what's happening here. Certainly E.B. Wh

Re: [PATCH] maint.mk: prohibit common grammar error: "all these"

Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote: > () Jim Meyering > () Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:05:29 +0200 > >In your opinion, do any those uses in gnulib >sound better without the "of"? > > For short pronouncements, "of" doesn't flow quite as nicely: > . Hi Thien-Thi,

Re: [PATCH] maint.mk: prohibit common grammar error: "all these"

() Jim Meyering () Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:05:29 +0200 In your opinion, do any those uses in gnulib sound better without the "of"? For short pronouncements, "of" doesn't flow quite as nicely: . FWIW, same goes for Italian:

Re: [PATCH] maint.mk: prohibit common grammar error: "all these"

Paul Eggert wrote: > On 06/10/2012 12:56 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: >> Can anyone think of a common way to use "all these" that is >> not in error? > > Yes, lots: > > Tired with all these, for restful death I cry > -- Shakespeare, Sonnet 66, line 1 > > But Mary kept all these things, and pond

Re: [PATCH] maint.mk: prohibit common grammar error: "all these"

On 06/10/2012 12:56 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: > Can anyone think of a common way to use "all these" that is > not in error? Yes, lots: Tired with all these, for restful death I cry -- Shakespeare, Sonnet 66, line 1 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in their heart. --