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Discussion Groups / English Usage / July 2009Bad grammar
According to this: <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8139322.stm> "Monkeys recognise 'bad grammar'" I propose that the Committee insist upon all posters to AUE declaring their degree of monkeydom.  SignatureLes (BrE) > According to this: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I propose that the Committee insist upon all posters to AUE declaring > their degree of monkeydom. According to cladistics, we're all monkeys - and fish. If any of your ancestors ever belonged to a clade then you belong to that clade. It's an expression of the nested hierarchy of life. I'm sure non-human monkeys wouldn't recognize bad spelling, however. --Jeff SignatureThe comfort of the wealthy has always depended upon an abundant supply of the poor. --Voltaire > > According to this: > > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > --Jeff Too cool not to steal from news:chi.general. http://videos.komando.com/2009/06/18/african-thunderstorm/ SignatureAngel http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0622/p06s04-wome.html http://allforgood.org Health care action http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/hcserviceattend/ http://shelby.senate.gov http://sessions.senate.gov http://griffith.house.gov/ > According to cladistics, we're all monkeys Not monkeys, apes. Darwinian Man, though well behaved At best is only a monkey shaved. SignatureJohn Varela Trade NEWlamps for OLDlamps for email >> According to cladistics, we're all monkeys > > Not monkeys, apes. > > Darwinian Man, though well behaved > At best is only a monkey shaved. And monkeys as well, in that the common ancestor of modern apes and monkeys was probably something we would describe as a monkey. And according to cladistics we are also simultaneously a lot of other things such as mammal-like reptiles and fish. SignatureRegards John for mail: my initials plus a u e at tpg dot com dot au > >> According to cladistics, we're all monkeys > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > And monkeys as well, in that the common ancestor of modern apes and > monkeys was probably something we would describe as a monkey. As I understand it, we are not descended from apes but from a common ancestor of apes and humans that itself was neither, and ditto for the monkeys. > And according to cladistics we are also simultaneously a lot of other > things such as mammal-like reptiles and fish. Primordial slime, actually. SignatureJohn Varela Trade NEWlamps for OLDlamps for email >On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:11:57 UTC, "John Holmes" <seesig@instead.com> >wrote: [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >Primordial slime, actually. In some cases, no doubt. But speaking for myself, my own primordial ancestors were not slimy in the least. They bathed regular, with the best natural soaps, in the most genteel of hot springs. Why, we swam with king Bladud in the baths of Sulis, and that story of his pigs, it was pure mud, not a drop of slime in sight. SignaturePaul >> John Holmes" wrote: >>> And monkeys as well, in that the common ancestor of modern apes and >>> monkeys was probably something we would describe as a monkey. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > with king Bladud in the baths of Sulis, and that story of his pigs, it > was pure mud, not a drop of slime in sight. By God, Paul, We may be related. (Or not. All those stories I've heard about my ancestors may have been, uh, off a bit.) SignatureMaria Conlon >> >> According to cladistics, we're all monkeys >> > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Primordial slime, actually. Reminds me of a letter (I forget the writer's name) to National Geographic Magazine some years ago, referring to an article or articles on evolution: "When I look at my wife and three beautiful daughters I find it difficult to believe that we are all descended from primaeval slime. On the other hand, my father-in-law may be the evidence you're looking for." SignatureLes (BrE) |
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