I ain't your "pal". And it's because nitwits like you are allowed to run around loose on writing forums that I leave them. You worthless...
Er, it's probably talking about stuff like: (the below excerpt is from Language Log:...
Since there's been some discussion about this #2 example, then let me go into it in some depth. :) 2. page 381: The man leaped up with a scream,...
This might be related to the thread's original purpose, ... :) I've seen the following types of sentences in fiction prose: 1. Tom ran...
Hmm, the meaning of "ungrammatical". ... :) That term is used in various ways. Often, the type of the discussion and the type of audience...
Er, no. I wrote short posts in this thread because I wanted to comment a little bit on something, and didn't want to write a single long post that...
Perhaps these examples are of a type of construction that you're looking for? The following examples are from Robert McCammon's Mystery Walk:...
I'm not sure what you're asking for here. (The other usages that were mentioned in your original post are mostly acceptable as standard usage.)...
Er, :( ... Starting a sentence with "And" (or "But" or with other similar type of conjunction) has always been standard usage in today's standard...
There are many examples where "off of" is nicely used in commercially published prose, and many of those examples probably wouldn't sound quite as...
This issue has come up before on writing forums. It's also discussed in usage dictionaries. In those places (of prose) where "out of" could be...
You do realize that the title of your own thread sorta provides an example that shows that sometimes it is not a "choice of style"? e.g. "I'm out...
Since I'm procrastinating ... :) It seems like your post is about a number of topics: 1. Starting a sentence with "And". 2. "off of" vs...
Separate names with a comma.