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Post by Dr Strange on Dec 17, 2019 13:53:36 GMT
Punctuation is not grammar. I disagree - punctuation is not syntax, but punctuation and syntax are both aspects of grammar.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Dec 17, 2019 14:10:03 GMT
Punctuation is not grammar. I disagree - punctuation is not syntax, but punctuation and syntax are both aspects of grammar. Punctuation is orthography. There is no punctuation in spoken language. But there is grammar.
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Post by Dr Strange on Dec 17, 2019 15:17:30 GMT
I don't agree with that either - there is punctuation in normal speech, and I'm sure I've read somewhere that written punctuation marks were introduced quite late on, and really as aids for reading a text out aloud so that it would conform to normal speech.
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Post by humgoo on May 2, 2020 16:08:19 GMT
Patrick Carleton - Dr. Horder's Room[...] Proper creepy Jamesian tale[...] The question remains: Did MRJ read this, it being published just one year before MRJ's death? MRJ was certainly proud of his knowledge in the genre (I think he said something to the effect that "he's read all there's to read in the genre" in a Le Fanu essay), and I suppose, had he read it, he would have loved the story? MRJ's denunciation of Not at Night is well-known, but what did he think of the Creeps? Given his endorsement of Wakefield as well as H.D. Everett, he must have been familiar with Philip Allan's books? If only we could know what he thought of Charles Birkin's tales!
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Post by dem bones on May 2, 2020 17:01:32 GMT
Patrick Carleton - Dr. Horder's Room[...] Proper creepy Jamesian tale[...] The question remains: Did MRJ read this, it being published just one year before MRJ's death? MRJ was certainly proud of his knowledge in the genre (I think he said something to the effect that "he's read all there's to read in the genre" in a Le Fanu essay), and I suppose, had he read it, he would have loved the story? MRJ's denunciation of Not at Night is well-known, but what did he think of the Creeps? Given his endorsement of Wakefield as well as H.D. Everett, he must have been familiar with Philip Allan's books? If only we could know what he thought of Charles Birkin's tales! I doubt he'd have been much interested, not necessarily because of the subject matter (though if he thought the Not At Night's were beyond the pale, he'd be unlikely to appreciate the supremely unpleasant likes of Havelock's Farm), more their overall lack of "supernatural" content.
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