The error for which I was reporting myself to this thread wasn't a punctuation one, though! (It's true that no one has ever criticized me for overuse of commas, I'll give you that.)
It's this segment of the post quoted below:
<<<And of course although it would take considerable rationality for any creature to rise above obstaclettes or to abdicate virtue, not to mention proclaiming anything at all, ....>>>
And my crime as I see it was one I don't recall the term for, but someone will know it. It could be called something like unparallel members of a series, or apples and oranges, or some such thing, if i were to invent a name:
This is what i have, egregiously if undetectedly (!) in number 3 below, said (implied) and recanted:
1)...for any creature to rise above obstaclettes or
2)...for any creature to abdicate virtue or
3)...for any creature to proclaiming anything at all.
You can see that the shocking "for any creature to proclaiming anything at all," must be changed so that the series makes grammatical sense, and that no addition of commas, however felicitous they are, will cure the problem.
My proposed substitution for number 3 of "not to mention to proclaim anything at all" was an attempt to bring into alignment the three members of the series.
Isn't this fun?
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To: Edwarda (2228 )
From: E
Tuesday, Mar 23 1999 8:51PM ET
Reply # of 2243
Message 8478497
<<<And of course although it would take considerable
rationality for any creature to rise above obstaclettes or
to abdicate virtue, not to mention proclaiming anything at
all, .... >>>
I would like to take myself to task for this egregious error
in what I believe is syntax but possibly it's only grammar.
That should have read, "... not to mention to proclaim
anything at all, ..." (one might ideally avoid two 'to's, of
course.) |
