cheers Bill and Doug it does make sense some wanted to play with the
latter part on grounds of sense and grammar -P nongrammarian
On 05/10/2016 16:14, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> a ‘sigh’ is better than the other possibilities…
>
> Doug
>> On Oct 5, 2016, at 6:43 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> So important how we phrase things all right, Patrick. Or unintended
>> violence may ensue. Or was it intended after all?
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> On Wednesday, 5 October 2016, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> *TAKE*
>>>
>>> she
>>>
>>> remarked
>>>
>>> with a sigh
>>>
>>> when I said
>>>
>>> ‘take
>>>
>>> an axe
>>>
>>> to him’
>>>
>>> I meant
>>>
>>> just to
>>>
>>> lend it
>>>
>>> to him
>>>
>>> /pmcmanus/
>>>
>>> /s020/
>>>
> Douglas Barbour
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> Four or five couplets trying to dance
> into Persia. Who dances in Persia now?
>
> A magic carpet, a prayer mat, red.
> A knocked off head of somebody on her broken knees.
>
> Phyllis Webb
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