bloke wrote:I like to play right here in Dixie - jes' like you - so I can say "at" at the end of "Where do you like to play __?" :P :lol:
That reminds me. Given this sentence "I'm marching a parade in Jackson on Saturday"
When did the bold word become acceptable? I remember being taught not to use it there, but see it in new article and here it in news reports all the time now.
ThomasDodd wrote:
That reminds me. Given this sentence "I'm marching a parade in Jackson on Saturday"
When did the bold word become acceptable? I remember being taught not to use it there, but see it in new article and here it in news reports all the time now.
Since the Norman Invation? The 1913 Webster's lists the usage under #7. There's no specific rule for the placement of the prepositional phrase as far as I know.
ThomasDodd wrote:
That reminds me. Given this sentence "I'm marching a parade in Jackson on Saturday"
When did the bold word become acceptable? I remember being taught not to use it there, but see it in new article and here it in news reports all the time now.
Since the Norman Invation? :) The 1913 Webster's lists the usage under #7. There's no specific rule for the placement of the prepositional phrase as far as I know.
Strange. I was learned:
"On Saturday I wil march" OK,
"I will march Saturday" OK
"I will march on Saturday" BAD
Kinda like using "ain't". Yes it's in the dictionary, with usage, but not "proper". I noticed the 1913 Websters link tags it [Colloq. or llliterate speech] but the curent websters site doesn't, saying it has become acceptable.
ThomasDodd wrote:
Strange. I was learned:
"On Saturday I wil march" OK,
"I will march Saturday" OK
"I will march on Saturday" BAD
Kinda like using "ain't". Yes it's in the dictionary, with usage, but not "proper". I noticed the 1913 Websters link tags it [Colloq. or llliterate speech] but the curent websters site doesn't, saying it has become acceptable.
There are problems with the adverbial noun form that are difficult to remedy without resorting to altering word order. For example, it leads to confusion when the adverbial noun can be mistaken for a direct object. "I'll be playing Friday (in a production of Robinson Crusoe)".
I think the "good-bad" usage is one of those silly Latin-classicisms, somewhat like not ending a sentence with a preoposition. OED reports usage in the sense of time (see no. 6 under "on") dating from 893 and the usage "Yee spend me soth on a fridai..."dates from about 1500. But OED, as you know, merely records usage; it doesn't pass judgement.
Have to agree with Bloke about The Dukes of Dixieland.
We have a brick house on a roomy lot.I built a new barn/carport and took the old inside work shop for my music room.I was going to improve the acoustics of the room by carpeting it to reduce the echo.However I found that practicing tuba where the sound is so "live"the horn does not sound it's best-keeps me striving for better tone quality and has helped my playing.We'll save that carpet money!
Dennis Gray
I couldn't answer because you didn't have an option of my practice room. I have made sure to have a room set up to be my tuba/instrument practice and display/storage room in my last few houses. That's where I like to play.
The 1913 Webster's lists the usage under #7. There's no specific rule for the placement of the prepositional phrase as far as I know.
