Gripping office debate:
"A variety of communicative activities follows in order to..." or "A variety of communicative activities follow in order to..."
Patricia O’Conner ( Woe is I ) says the latter.
Thoughts? The people want to know!
Harmony: Somebody remembered to pick me up the sweetest unicorn. Guess someone was feeling guilty for standing me up in tenth grade. Brad: What? Had to get her something. She sired me. Peaches: Sire-whipped.
'Beneath You'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
megan walker - Oct 01, 2007 9:54:53 am PDT #4239 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Toddson - Oct 01, 2007 9:57:30 am PDT #4240 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
When the movie Urban Cowboy came out, the studio (? someone involved in making the movie) did a survey. Most people thought "urban" meant homosexual. heh.
Jesse - Oct 01, 2007 9:57:54 am PDT #4241 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
A variety follows, no?
§ ita § - Oct 01, 2007 10:00:22 am PDT #4242 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Variety is singular, so that's how I'd go.
DavidS - Oct 01, 2007 10:02:37 am PDT #4243 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Lunch plans: either the Cuban sandwich at Birley or the jambalaya at Briazz. Both well known and favored items of considerable deliciousness.
How vote you Buffistas?
megan walker - Oct 01, 2007 10:03:30 am PDT #4244 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
A variety follows, no?
That's what I thought at first, but O'Connor's argument is that the subject is plural, as in "A couple/number of deadbeats live next door."
megan walker - Oct 01, 2007 10:04:10 am PDT #4245 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
How vote you Buffistas?
Do either of these options involve you bringing me lunch?
Toddson - Oct 01, 2007 10:04:29 am PDT #4246 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I am consumed with envy ... having consumed a green salad and sugar-free Jello (orange). sigh.
David! I saw a t-shirt that made me think of you - it said "WWTWD" and, below, with an appropriate illustration, "What Would Tom Waits Do?"
DavidS - Oct 01, 2007 10:09:05 am PDT #4247 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Do either of these options involve you bringing me lunch?
They're both within walking distance of you. In fact I've seen several new Birley sandwich places downtown. Their sandwhichs are spectacularly tasty, so hunt it down.
David! I saw a t-shirt that made me think of you - it said "WWTWD" and, below, with an appropriate illustration, "What Would Tom Waits Do?"
The right answer is sort of like:
How many surrealists does it take to change a lightbulb? Fish!
What would Tom Waits Do? Stick a fish down his pants!
or, if he were recording... Play the bass marimba at the bottom of an empty swimming pool!
Dana - Oct 01, 2007 10:09:57 am PDT #4248 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
That's what I thought at first, but O'Connor's argument is that the subject is plural, as in "A couple/number of deadbeats live next door."
If variety is plural, why does the word "varieties" exist?
Or is the argument that it's sort of a collective noun?