tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post3721832847185795821..comments2024-03-27T09:27:33.931+00:00Comments on Idiotic Hat: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You To Sadly DieMike C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-68696931686280682492019-05-07T12:51:14.645+01:002019-05-07T12:51:14.645+01:00https://m.imgur.com/CxiWoaGhttps://m.imgur.com/CxiWoaGZouk Delorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983226210415857258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-70665289721635906222019-02-17T08:44:43.112+00:002019-02-17T08:44:43.112+00:00+1, sadly.+1, sadly.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110715385292424139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-14109467068215527042019-02-16T22:25:05.101+00:002019-02-16T22:25:05.101+00:00I find nothing whatsoever strange with
"Jo...I find nothing whatsoever strange with <br /><br /><i> "Joan McGloan, who sadly died last month, was perhaps best known as a virtuoso on the Ettrick nose-harp".</i> Apart from the musical instrument, that is.<br /><br />This use of an adverb is well described in modern grammars of English — albeit they haven't agreed on a term for it.<br /><br />One grammar places it in a list of adverbs which can be attached to a clause to mean:<br /><br /><b>What is expressed is judged to be fortunate or unfortunate:</b><br /><i>fortunately, unfortunately, happily , unhappily , luckily, unluckily, sadly , tragically</i><br /><br />Thee adverbs can be placed at different points in a sentence. For example<br /><i>Unfortunately, Joan McGloane lost her Ettrick nose-harp.</i><br /><i>Joan McGloane unfortunately lost her Ettrick nose-harp.</i><br /><i>Joan McGloane lost her Ettrick nose-harp unfortunately.</i><br /><br />This is to say that <b>what is expressed</b> — namely <i>Joan McGloane lost her Ettrick nose-harp</i> — is judged to be unfortunate.<br /><br />In a related sentence, <b>what is expressed</b> — namely <i>Joan McGloane died last month</i> — may be judged to be sad.<br />Joan McGloane lost her Ettrick nose-harp<br /><i>Sadly, Joan McGloane died last month</i><br /><i>Joan McGloane sadly died last month</i><br /><i>Joan McGloane died last month, sadly</i><br /><br />By contrast <b>everybody</b> finds something wrong with<br /><br /><i>No, Mr Bond, I expect you to sadly die</i><br /><br />because it's deliberately wrong. It's a verbal joke. It means<br /><br />'I expect you to be somebody about whom it will be said 'He sadly died'.David Crosbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01858358459416955921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-75972602798042432002015-02-24T21:09:13.524+00:002015-02-24T21:09:13.524+00:00To daly die (knocked down by a Taiwanese scooter)....To daly die (knocked down by a Taiwanese scooter).<br />http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdlyRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12384801959931798890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-52278710660072229412015-02-24T21:05:21.357+00:002015-02-24T21:05:21.357+00:00How about "Concert pianist Joan McGloan died ...How about "Concert pianist Joan McGloan died last night after a long illness :-C."?Zouk Delorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983226210415857258noreply@blogger.com