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Re: Oh dear, sat has now infected LXF

Rhakios — Sun Oct 07, 2012 8:23 pm

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 8:23 pm

Marrea wrote:

No, I very rarely write to magazines. It�s much more fun making a nuisance of myself on forums.

I'm sure I don't know what you mean <insert pious smiley here>

Re: Oh dear, sat has now infected LXF

Marrea — Sun Oct 07, 2012 6:41 pm

Author: Marrea

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 6:41 pm

Rhakios wrote:

Well, did you write in Marrea? Otherwise no cause for complaint.

No, I very rarely write to magazines. It�s much more fun making a nuisance of myself on forums.

Re: Oh dear, sat has now infected LXF

Rhakios — Sun Oct 07, 2012 12:40 pm

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 12:40 pm

Well, did you write in Marrea? Otherwise no cause for complaint.

Anyway, Sat is perfectly acceptable, it's the day after Fri and before Sun.

Re: Oh dear, sat has now infected LXF

Marrea — Sat Oct 06, 2012 6:52 pm

Author: Marrea

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 6:52 pm

So Colin White steals my thunder to win LXF 164's letter of the month. That's not fair !

Marrea wrote:

Graham continues the trend (LXF 162):

"I can even work on the keyboard whilst sat in economy class, ..."

Re: Oh dear, sat has now infected LXF

Marrea — Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:37 pm

Author: Marrea

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:37 pm

Graham continues the trend (LXF 162):

"I can even work on the keyboard whilst sat in economy class, ..."

Re: Oh dear, sat has now infected LXF

Brian Hunter — Sat Aug 20, 2011 12:02 pm

Author: Brian Hunter

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 12:02 pm

nelz wrote:

It's still wring, as she was "sat... eating". The same mixed tenses, but such things are considered acceptable in verse.

Good point nelz. We definitely need to get to the bottom of this.

Re: Oh dear, sat has now infected LXF

nelz — Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:53 am

Author: nelz

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:53 am

No, but my minkey is

Re: Oh dear, sat has now infected LXF

towy71 — Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:09 am

Author: towy71

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:09 am

nelz wrote:

It's still wring, 8<-----.

Are you Fronch?? I love Crabtreeisms

Re: Oh dear, sat has now infected LXF

nelz — Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:55 am

Author: nelz

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:55 am

Rhakios wrote:

Brian Hunter wrote:

Little Miss Muffet
? on her Tuffet...

How should it be then, if we are using proper English? Then explain to me what the spider was doing!

Little Miss M did this at some point in the past, hence "sat".

It's still wring, as she was "sat... eating". The same mixed tenses, but such things are considered acceptable in verse.

Re: Oh dear, sat has now infected LXF

Brian Hunter — Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:52 am

Author: Brian Hunter

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:52 am

dandnsmith wrote:

Sat, and sat - a good pair of examples, Brian, where it really is correct (unlike the start of this thread).

Phew! I sat here worrying about what your reply would be!

Re: Oh dear, sat has now infected LXF

Rhakios — Sat Aug 20, 2011 6:38 am

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 6:38 am

Brian Hunter wrote:

Little Miss Muffet
? on her Tuffet...

How should it be then, if we are using proper English? Then explain to me what the spider was doing!

Little Miss M did this at some point in the past, hence "sat". The state of the computer related objects is displayed in the pictured as current, so "seated" would be better. Even "set upon" would work, though sounding a little contrived.

Re: Oh dear, sat has now infected LXF

dandnsmith — Sat Aug 20, 2011 6:36 am

Author: dandnsmith

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 6:36 am

Sat, and sat - a good pair of examples, Brian, where it really is correct (unlike the start of this thread).

Re: Oh dear, sat has now infected LXF

Brian Hunter — Sat Aug 20, 2011 12:14 am

Author: Brian Hunter

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 12:14 am

Little Miss Muffet
? on her Tuffet...

How should it be then, if we are using proper English? Then explain to me what the spider was doing!

Re: Oh dear, sat has now infected LXF

wyliecoyoteuk — Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:35 pm

Author: wyliecoyoteuk

Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:35 pm

so abbr now infects LXF...

Re: Oh dear, sat has now infected LXF

Rhakios — Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:38 pm

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:38 pm

wyliecoyoteuk wrote:

And what about "sat-nav"?

Yeah! But that's an abbr..