Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rambi who wrote (45917)	11/28/2008 6:33:21 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

YOu can say, "there are myriad stars in the sky (adj) or there is a myriad of stars (noun). whew, cause I used "a myriad" in a poem long ago. I was gonna feel silly. and I kinda thought about preclude... but when it comes to words you know I can be not so right so I thought... uhm, I messed up. You know there are things where we just figured we messed up. When it comes to words and sentence structure (especially as my structure goes between 'proper' and how a hill person would say it), I figure I must be wrong. :) so... a myriad of lovers... could be 'proper'?

To: Rambi who wrote (45917)	11/28/2008 6:36:28 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

Rambi, if I got it wrong I want to know it.So thanks. As you know I am the last person in the world to say anything about English. I have no English skills at all. No primary education. I do not even know why I am entering this terraine-lol. But will quickly exit this arena and defer to anyone. My understanding: Prclude means to exclude more than prevent, I think. With myriad. People usually say there are A mryiad of stars, instead of there are myriad stars. There are a myriad of fish instead of myriad fish. With peruse, most people use it to mean a QUICK glance instead it means a thorough read: pe·ruse /p?'ruz/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [puh-rooz] Show IPA Pronunciation –verb (used with object), -rused, -rus·ing. 1. to read through with thoroughness or care: to peruse a report. 2. to read. 3. to survey or examine in detail. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Origin: 1470–80 in sense “use up, go through”; 1525–35 for current senses; per- + use

To: Rambi who wrote (45917)	11/28/2008 6:51:52 PM
From: koan	Respond to of 149317

So let me ask you. What are some of your favorite books? My favorite books are divided between ones I liked for fun and ones I like for their knowledge. 1) The Republic by Palto, and especially The Allegory the Cave got me started to think outside the box-lol. 2) Nausea by Sartre and and The Stranger by Camus taught me existentialism. 3) The Road (Have you read that one yet?) I read it cover to cover. Just won the Pulitzer. 4) Duncton Wood is one of the best books ever written, IMo, for fun, adventure and wisdom, and few know of it. Women especially like this one. Romantic, great adventure and great wisdom. Sort of like Watership Down, which has the Greek mythology of each one contributing their strengths to help the group. . 5) And of course Shogun.