tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post1382616322678567685..comments2023-12-21T06:35:36.624-05:00Comments on Recursivity: The Grammatical Rule that Isn'tUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-27059927508268883202016-10-30T20:12:16.400-04:002016-10-30T20:12:16.400-04:00An ordinary spell check will catch obvious errors,...An ordinary spell check will catch obvious errors, but does not check for context, so that if you use "knight" instead of "night" it won't catch it because both are correctly spelled words. Online grammar checkers read whole sentences, not just words. <a href="http://www.nounchecker.com/how-to-check-english-grammar-noun-fast/" rel="nofollow">english grammar noun</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04258403403329675528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-15882048694968753542016-09-12T02:05:11.324-04:002016-09-12T02:05:11.324-04:00The key point about compound nouns is that the &qu...The key point about compound nouns is that the "adjective" part of the noun is fixed; you can't move it. So it doesn't matter to the analysis.<br /><br />BTW, Mark Libermann (who is a linguist) <a href="http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=27890" rel="nofollow">came up with the best example of all: "big bad wolf"</a>.Pseudonymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272326070593532463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-58870615205920551592016-09-07T22:49:44.672-04:002016-09-07T22:49:44.672-04:00"But, the old little fishing and smuggling to..."But, the old little fishing and smuggling town remains, and is so tempting a place for the latter purpose, that I think of going out some night next week, in a fur cap and a pair of petticoat trousers, and running an empty tub, as a kind of archaeological pursuit." -- Charles Dickens, Out of Town (1859).Glenn Branchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13748310825103452079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-22984471822005928632016-09-07T11:04:01.980-04:002016-09-07T11:04:01.980-04:00"I knew her well: a little lovely graceful cr..."I knew her well: a little lovely graceful creature, with coquettish school-girl ways, which displayed themselves even at church, though her black browed and swarthy aunt sat beside her in the rector's pew." -- Charles Dickens, Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy (1864).Glenn Branchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13748310825103452079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-62447170948622837232016-09-07T06:35:39.768-04:002016-09-07T06:35:39.768-04:00Pseudo: I'm not a linguist, but my understand...Pseudo: I'm not a linguist, but my understanding is that even in a compound noun like "bald eagle", the "bald" still functions as an adjective. As I understand it, a compound noun can be formed from two nouns, or an adjective and noun, and so forth.Jeffrey Shallithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763971505497961430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-29224462526833298362016-09-06T00:04:39.214-04:002016-09-06T00:04:39.214-04:00By the way, when coming up with examples, be caref...By the way, when coming up with examples, be careful of compound nouns. To use an example from this thread, it could be argued that "great dragon" is a compound noun, like "bald eagle" or "superb lyrebird". The word "great" is part of the noun, so doesn't count as an adjective for this purpose.Pseudonymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272326070593532463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-25946490824079595892016-09-05T23:45:35.818-04:002016-09-05T23:45:35.818-04:00The one I came up with was "greasy overpriced...The one I came up with was "greasy overpriced junk food". I came up with this while trying to parse the phrase "great grey-green greasy Limpopo River".Pseudonymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272326070593532463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-6266490554116196482016-09-05T18:43:30.797-04:002016-09-05T18:43:30.797-04:00Since time immemorial, the old rotund little man* ...Since time immemorial, the old rotund little man* stored the wooden silver spoon in his original great chest.<br /><br />~~ Paul<br /><br />* He was a specific attorney general.<br /><br />Paul C. Anagnostopouloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07146336984557843642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-31803806656776653902016-09-05T12:08:54.924-04:002016-09-05T12:08:54.924-04:00"Big ugly fish" versus "ugly little..."Big ugly fish" versus "ugly little liar" (found with google autocomplete).<br />Jeffrey Shallithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763971505497961430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-53026051941807647242016-09-05T10:55:21.554-04:002016-09-05T10:55:21.554-04:00Larry, have you been reading my Facebook posts?Larry, have you been reading my Facebook posts?Jeffrey Shallithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763971505497961430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-33068880192007974062016-09-05T10:37:55.672-04:002016-09-05T10:37:55.672-04:00There are two types of great dragons; green great ...There are two types of great dragons; green great dragons and brown great dragons.<br /><br />In order to kill a green great dragon you need a special old French silver lovely little rectangular whittling knife. Larry Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.com