Grammaticians, do you agree that 'because' has a new part of speech role? Some commenters argue it's still the same old, others argue it's been a preposition long time. I am mostly dizzy.
She ain't movin'. Serenity's not movin'.
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
§ ita § - Nov 20, 2013 2:52:31 pm PST #12557 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
billytea - Nov 20, 2013 3:24:34 pm PST #12558 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Link trekking led me to these gorgeous photos: [link]
Connie Neil - Nov 20, 2013 3:39:57 pm PST #12559 of 30000
brillig
Oh, the Natl Geo photos are always terrific.
edit: source of many backgrounds.
billytea - Nov 20, 2013 3:50:02 pm PST #12560 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Oh, the Natl Geo photos are always terrific.
Sadly, that first one is just a photo, so we still don't know what it says.
sarameg - Nov 20, 2013 4:13:56 pm PST #12561 of 30000
I just bagged 3 40gal bags of leaves. Brian did 2. Took us an hour. This is the third time the alley's been cleared this fall. Uhg.
P.M. Marc - Nov 20, 2013 4:17:45 pm PST #12562 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Grammaticians, do you agree that 'because' has a new part of speech role? Some commenters argue it's still the same old, others argue it's been a preposition long time. I am mostly dizzy.
Yes. Because reasons.
Steph L. - Nov 20, 2013 4:24:55 pm PST #12563 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Grammaticians, do you agree that 'because' has a new part of speech role? Some commenters argue it's still the same old, others argue it's been a preposition long time. I am mostly dizzy.
Yes. Because reasons.
ILU.
-t - Nov 20, 2013 4:26:22 pm PST #12564 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think I don't know what prepositions are. Is there a Schoolhouse Rock about those?
Steph L. - Nov 20, 2013 4:27:23 pm PST #12565 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
But to answer the question, I think it's still a conjunction with an implied clause. The noun (well, usually a noun) after "because" is just shorthand for a longer clause.
Because grammar.
Jesse - Nov 20, 2013 4:34:52 pm PST #12566 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I actually learned a preposition song in 5th (?) grade, which I would sing for you now if you were here. But it's just a list, not a definition. In over under on across against around, beneath beside between before above for by beyond... etc.