tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post8412389754657984274..comments2024-02-20T08:25:06.177-08:00Comments on Confessions of ignorance: parseseana grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-70411882603842237622012-06-13T15:09:42.893-07:002012-06-13T15:09:42.893-07:00Dan, you're welcome. I hope you will parse thi...Dan, you're welcome. I hope you will parse this way again.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-32755310156290616092012-06-13T14:05:39.249-07:002012-06-13T14:05:39.249-07:00Hmmm..i used to pass by the parse often. In fact p...Hmmm..i used to pass by the parse often. In fact parsing was a word I quickly passed past by until I, like you, felt I would not pass muster if asked to define parse in linguistic, syntactical relations...therefore it was incumbent on me to define and understand parse, parsing and parses before I passed by it again.... in fact in my last post I saw it several times as I researched a few grammatical and structural terms,trying to figure out what part of a sentence parse sat, but alas I saw it and ignored it...but thats all in the past...<br />thanks for enlightening me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-3729632505906343582012-06-13T10:11:55.136-07:002012-06-13T10:11:55.136-07:00Your point of view is always welcome here, Julie. ...Your point of view is always welcome here, Julie. I actually thought you might have some thoughts to share on Draco Malfoy on my last post,as you may be the only H.P. authority who posts in here... <br /><br />Funny that you and Kathleen have both picked up on the parting aspect, which the one "part" I had pretty much let slide.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-63101120126363900782012-06-12T23:27:02.508-07:002012-06-12T23:27:02.508-07:00And then there's J.K. Rowling's creation o...And then there's J.K. Rowling's creation of the word "Parseltongue" which in Harry's world is the language spoken by snakes and certain wizards. The etymology, it is rumored, comes from that meaning of splitting (division, parsing) to refer to the snake's forked tongue.<br /><br />Sorry to always come into these discussions from a YA point of view. Such is my literary life at the moment...Julie C Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10819620461769996658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-84306263776695605572012-06-12T22:48:02.480-07:002012-06-12T22:48:02.480-07:00Yes, the comedy would probably come from equal but...Yes, the comedy would probably come from equal but opposite sources.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-9126087488163055732012-06-12T22:45:16.246-07:002012-06-12T22:45:16.246-07:00I would imagine that languages where order carries...I would imagine that languages where order carries less meaning than it does in English would allow rearrangement or order for comic and other kinds of rhetorical effect.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-50077572120704867132012-06-12T22:41:21.966-07:002012-06-12T22:41:21.966-07:00Nice, uh, poem.
I wonder what tangles appear in o...Nice, uh, poem.<br /><br />I wonder what tangles appear in other languages. It seems some of these ambiguities arise because light can be both particle and wave. <br /><br />Er, I mean some words can be both noun and verb. At the very least.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-75745478624710368862012-06-12T22:34:22.741-07:002012-06-12T22:34:22.741-07:00If given a sentence to parse
I’d say, “Would you p...<i>If given a sentence to parse<br />I’d say, “Would you please kiss my arse?”</i><br /><br />to which the conclusion would have to be<br /><br /><i>My grammatical skills are quite sparse.</i><br /><br />This week I found a headline in my newspaper that read: "Efforts to decriminalize marijuana growing" -- until I had it corrected to read: "Efforts growing to decriminalize marijuana."<br />=======================================<br />Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /><a href="http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-9661768807758458862012-06-12T11:35:28.060-07:002012-06-12T11:35:28.060-07:00Thanks, Kathleen. As for the gnome, I think I'...Thanks, Kathleen. As for the gnome, I think I'd be a bit afraid to try.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-83385533905284729532012-06-12T11:23:14.982-07:002012-06-12T11:23:14.982-07:00Loved this, down to the garden paths and the garde...Loved this, down to the garden paths and the garden gnome. We might be able to parse his beard...Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.com