Oct 2
Lawrence Hall
Mhall46184@aol.com
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
Jesus and a Reference to Fowler’s Modern English Usage
“But who do you say that I am?”
“Whom!” boomed a voice from the back of the room
And St. Peter asked of him
“A community college graduate, I presume?”
Mhall46184@aol.com
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
Jesus and a Reference to Fowler’s Modern English Usage
“But who do you say that I am?”
“Whom!” boomed a voice from the back of the room
And St. Peter asked of him
“A community college graduate, I presume?”
1. Just a bit of fun. We should always practice good usage even at the risk of being called pedantic.
2. *Fowler's Modern English Usage" is both useful and delightful.
3. This doggerel is predicated on a joke told by C. S. Lewis or a joke in a book about C.S. Lewis: "'Whom,' he said, for he had been to night school."
2. *Fowler's Modern English Usage" is both useful and delightful.
3. This doggerel is predicated on a joke told by C. S. Lewis or a joke in a book about C.S. Lewis: "'Whom,' he said, for he had been to night school."
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Lawrence Hall
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