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13 responses to “Quote of the day”
I was wondering what it was he said! Kids were screaming. I managed to watch it today, for the first time!!
You mean quotation of the day 😉
I ‘quote’
quote
1. To repeat or copy the words of (another), usually with acknowledgment of the source.
2. To cite or refer to for illustration or proof.
3. To repeat a brief passage or excerpt from: The saxophonist quoted a Duke Ellington melody in his solo.
4. To state (a price) for securities, goods, or services.
v. intr.
To give a quotation, as from a book.
n.
1. Informal. A quotation.
2. A quotation mark.
3. Used by a speaker to indicate the beginning of a quotation.
4. A dictum; a saying.
(I reckon this blog is informal – see n. 1)
ped·ant
n.
1. One who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules.
2. One who exhibits one’s learning or scholarship ostentatiously.
3. Obsolete. A schoolmaster.
Take your pick Chris. 🙂
battle of the pedants 🙂
that’s a compliment btw 😉
We watched it. Not one of the 2-4 productions episodes, I could tell well before the credits came up!
I will concede that the context it was used in i.e. ‘quote of the day’ is acceptable, but not because it was in a blog.
I think the following is a good example of how context defines use….
Would you agree that the use of it as a noun is equally appropriate in each of the following sentences:
He began the chapter with a quote from the Bible.
He lightened up his talk by throwing in a quote from the Marx Brothers
I regard language as a communication tool. It is important that it should adapt and develop to fit changing needs.
Any craftsman knows to treat his tools with respect, a chisel is not a screwdriver and if you try to use it as one you are quite liable to damage the tool, the screw and yourself.
So I object to poor diction and the kind of sloppy habits which rob language of its beauty, clarity and meaning – a fine example is the all too common gibbering idiot’s past tense “I would of” (as seen on DfES.gov.uk, amongst others).
In this instance though, I think that the language has changed or is changing and “a quote from the bible” is, or is becoming, acceptable and accepted English.
Personally, I would probably write “a quotation from the Bible” and say “a quote…”.
What weas the programme on that provoked that quote?
Twas a headteacher or some such standing at the front of an assembly hall of thirteen year olds in “A Different Life 2”
Oh yes, sorry, i realized it was A Different Life – justr wondered what the “different life” was?
He was a thirteen year old, deafened by measles at age 3 (although that was mentioned nearly as an aside) who cared for his parents – mother had diabetes, psoriasis, and arthritis and dad had fybromyalgia, arthritis and a slipped disc or two (although I may have confused the complaints with the ppl iyswim). Lad was remarkably matter of fact about it all – liked the fact it was helping him grow up able to cook I think was one of the comments.
Crumbs….