http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2007/06/this-blog-will-take-you-a-short-two-minutes-to-read/ A blog about spelling, punctuation and grammar Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:12:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2007/06/this-blog-will-take-you-a-short-two-minutes-to-read/comment-page-1/#comment-499 goofy Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:25:00 +0000 http://65.38.103.143/~grammarb/blog/?p=24#comment-499 Maybe, but it is grammatical. Maybe, but it is grammatical.

]]> http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2007/06/this-blog-will-take-you-a-short-two-minutes-to-read/comment-page-1/#comment-498 Gez Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:51:00 +0000 http://65.38.103.143/~grammarb/blog/?p=24#comment-498 It's not very elegant though, is it? As best it's clumsy; at worst it's redundant. It’s not very elegant though, is it? As best it’s clumsy; at worst it’s redundant.

]]> http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2007/06/this-blog-will-take-you-a-short-two-minutes-to-read/comment-page-1/#comment-497 goofy Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:27:00 +0000 http://65.38.103.143/~grammarb/blog/?p=24#comment-497 I drove to the corner store yesterday but the traffic was really bad. It was a long ten-minute drive. I drove to the corner store yesterday but the traffic was really bad. It was a long ten-minute drive.

]]> http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2007/06/this-blog-will-take-you-a-short-two-minutes-to-read/comment-page-1/#comment-494 goofy Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:26:00 +0000 http://65.38.103.143/~grammarb/blog/?p=24#comment-494 Most adjective+noun combinations are ambiguous between an intersective and appositive meaning. Clearly "a short ten-minute drive" means "a ten-minute drive, which is short", and on that appositive reading there's nothing wrong with it. Most adjective+noun combinations are ambiguous between an intersective and appositive meaning. Clearly “a short ten-minute drive” means “a ten-minute drive, which is short”, and on that appositive reading there’s nothing wrong with it.

]]> http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2007/06/this-blog-will-take-you-a-short-two-minutes-to-read/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Tom Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:09:00 +0000 http://65.38.103.143/~grammarb/blog/?p=24#comment-50 It's been a classic weekend in terms of <em>reportage</em>. I enjoyed Gavin Esler's new Sunday slot (I think it's on BBC News 24), which - as far as I can be bothered to tell - seems to be some sort of 'London' 'magazine' 'show'. Terrible. It’s been a classic weekend in terms of reportage. I enjoyed Gavin Esler’s new Sunday slot (I think it’s on BBC News 24), which – as far as I can be bothered to tell – seems to be some sort of ‘London’ ‘magazine’ ‘show’. Terrible.

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