I remember when I had three green rectangles, and I remember it going to four, but that was months ago. You’ll get there.
EGO TE ABSOLVO, A PECCATIS TUIS.
at any rate it is in the vernacular now, they tell me.
Glad you have opinions. I have lots of them too. I taught grammar in high school, but am so tired of it, I ignore it a lot, since I have so much more I want to do in my life. Teaching it was OK, but I
enjoyed teaching history more, especially ancient history, and I spend time on the computer doing that. I spend maybe 1 hour to 1 1/2 hrs on this site. That is enough. I have four rectangles and cannot
get any more I guess. So you go right ahead and ask your questions, saparris will answer them, it’s his thing, nothing else to do I guess.
(From the rite of absolution in the Roman Catholic Church)
“Dominus noster Jesus Christus te absolvat . . . “
“May our Lord Jesus Christ absolve you . . . “
Hmm, modern-day Latin confession—how truly extraordinary! According to pedagogic Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary present tense Latin subjunctive absolvat may yet express the optative mood verb form of standard dictionary entry absolvo “absolve” with perhaps more recognizable, present indicative absolvit “he/she/it absolves” to help ring your grammatical bell.
Thanks for that scholarly answer—I would never have come up with that.
I’ve read some of your posts—not to mention the things the other guys say ABOUT you in their posts.
Or was I not supposed to mention that? : )
I can’t help but notice your signature.
I have a generally low opinion of wisdom sayings.
Is your using these remarks for your signature meant to be ironic or comic?
Or are you (misguidedly) sincere in admiring the sentiments?
Many grammar sites and texts would call this subjunctive mood.
May he rest in peace.
(May) God bless you.
May the best man win.
I’m not disputing the other opinions, but I think that the idea of mood in English is becoming increasingly simplified. Indicative, imperative, interrogative, and subjunctive are about all one sees discussed these days.
I’m just glad we don’t have all the cases that Latin had. Except for spelling, irregular verbs, and idioms, English is pretty simple, compared to other languages.
Thanks for that scholarly answer—I would never have come up with that.
For not only is stark genuine originality a well recognized virtue here, but overt plagiarism also happens to rub against statutary law.
I’ve read some of your posts—not to mention the things the other guys say ABOUT you in their posts.
Or was I not supposed to mention that? : )
All good chances are I probably could not stop you even if I wanted to.
I can’t help but notice your signature.
I have a generally low opinion of wisdom sayings.
Is your using these remarks for your signature meant to be ironic or comic?
Or are you (misguidedly) sincere in admiring the sentiments?
Just wisdom & scripture, mind you, and if it contains any trace amount of heartfelt sentiment I am surely unaware of it—perhaps better luck awaits you on those retarded TV soaps!
I can’t help but notice your signature.
I have a generally low opinion of wisdom sayings.
Is your using these remarks for your signature meant to be ironic or comic?
Or are you (misguidedly) sincere in admiring the sentiments?
Just wisdom & scripture, mind you, if it contains any trace amount of heartfelt sentiment I am surely unaware of it—perhaps better luck awaits you on retarded TV soaps!
What? Whatwhatwhat? What does that even mean, Bandito?
(sulking) My post was a throwdown! Yes! A challenge!
A dare to debate the merits of your quotes specifically —or Wee Wisdomettes in general.
Thanks for that scholarly answer—I would never have come up with that.
For not only is stark genuine originality a well recognized virtue here, but overt plagiarism also happens to rub against statutary law.
I’ve read some of your posts—not to mention the things the other guys say ABOUT you in their posts.
Or was I not supposed to mention that? : )
All good chances are I probably could not stop you even if I wanted to.
I can’t help but notice your signature.
I have a generally low opinion of wisdom sayings.
Is your using these remarks for your signature meant to be ironic or comic?
Or are you (misguidedly) sincere in admiring the sentiments?
Just wisdom & scripture, mind you, and if it contains any trace amount of heartfelt sentiment I am surely unaware of it—perhaps better luck awaits you on those retarded TV soaps!
Yes!!! Finally someone who agrees with me!! “Guiding Light” is going off the air, after 72 years (even before TV). I’d place the average sitcom in the same category.
(sulking) My post was a throwdown! Yes! A challenge!
A dare to debate the merits of your quotes specifically —or Wee Wisdomettes in general.
But I’m stymied by the opacity of your response.
Dang.
If you want to get emotional, go watch a college football game! On the other hand, if you feel like debating then I suggest you bone up right away on your formal dialectics and institutional rhetoric—because such hand-me-down expletives as contemptible “dang” will surely bear no good & decent fruit here.
