Prom time . . . .

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On May 4, 2006, at 10:10 PM, Mark A. Mandel wrote:

> Curiouser and curiouser...
>
> On May 2, 2006, at 10:14 AM, Charles Doyle wrote:
>
>> Larry, that sentence-initial, sans-negative "anymore" sounds
>> REALLY odd to me!
>
> Arnold rejoined:
>
>> he only does it to annoy, and because he knows it teases.
>
> Yah, but no 'and'.
>
> Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter VI, "Pig and Pepper",
> http://www.cs.indiana.edu/metastuff/wonder/ch6.html
>
> Wow, wow, wow!

beat him when he sneezes!

i would like to claim that i added the "and" to make the sentence
mine mine mine, but i can't.   unfortunately it's just another case
of my faulty memory for words.  i shouldn't be allowed to post
without checking sources.

arnold

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