7.22.2005

New Favorite Quote

From this absolutely insanely wrought comment on Delino
Does the crocodile understand a conversation that doesn't include a weapon?
Actually almost Browningesque. From Andrea del Sarto:
Speak as they please, what does the mountain care?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

double adverbs?

absolutely insanely

a real prophet or progNosticator would have predicted this error.

Orwell would have seen this

Nostradamus said...

Not an error. What's wrong with using an adverb to modify an adverb. According to Wariner's guide to English Grammar, nothing.

Anonymous said...

Maybe you should stop using Wario's gude to Grammar