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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2004Classic non-comma
New York is among the North American cities currently experiencing some rather severe winter cold. Today its Metro-North Railroad has had to cancel a number of commuter trains. (These are electric trains, and a friend tells me that it's the classic "wrong kind of snow" problem: unusually fine, powdery snow that makes its way to the motors.) Currently online at <http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/weather/weathermnr.htm> is their announcement of the planned service reductions, and its advice to tonight's passengers includes this classic sentence: # Listen for announcements and look for Metro-North employees who # can assist with any additional information you may need. Note the absence of a comma before "who". They're not promising that if you find one of their employees, that person will have information -- rather, you are advised to find *those employees who do have it*!  SignatureMark Brader "The world little knows or cares the storm through Toronto which you have had to pass. It asks only if you msb@vex.net brought the ship safely to port." -- Joseph Conrad My text in this article is in the public domain. > Mark Brader "The world little knows or cares the storm through > Toronto which you have had to pass. It asks only if > msb@vex.net you brought the ship safely to port." > -- Joseph Conrad Nice quote. Which of his works is it from? The only reference to this quote I found on Google is this page: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/finger/m?bolo -- Mike Nitabach I (Mark Brader) sigquoted: > > "The world little knows or cares the storm through > > which you have had to pass. It asks only if > > you brought the ship safely to port." > > -- Joseph Conrad Michael Nitabach asks: > Nice quote. Which of his works is it from? That's been in my signature collection since 1994, and I no longer remember where I saw it. I might very well have taken it from some other quote collection. The only Conrad work I'm sure I've read is "Heart of Darkness", and after looking at Project Gutenberg, I find that it's not from that, or from anything else I tried downloading. SignatureMark Brader, Toronto | "Where is down special?" ... "Good." msb@vex.net | "Do you refuse to answer my question?" "Don't know." My text in this article is in the public domain. > I (Mark Brader) sigquoted: >> > "The world little knows or cares the storm through [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > "Heart of Darkness", and after looking at Project Gutenberg, I find > that it's not from that, or from anything else I tried downloading. Thanks for looking. SignatureMike Nitabach > Note the absence of a comma before "who". They're not promising > that if you find one of their employees, that person will have > information -- rather, you are advised to find *those employees who > do have it*! If you can. Signature--- Joe Fineman jcf@TheWorld.com ||: Suicide: bridging the gap between abortion and euthanasia. :|| |
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