On 18 Feb, 11:12, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > On 17 February 2010 15:24, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What did she drop then Ian? > > Nothing at all, she runs around saying it over and over. We were wondering > is it was "stop it", but the jury is out on that I'm afraid. > > In all honesty, I am onside with the biological basis for language. Less so > on the periodic table analogy. Grammar is quite mutable. For example: I use > unprecursed pronouns in my writing quite often when opening a scene, it can > create a nice lead-in. >
I'm assuming, though, that your pronouns without antecedents are 'implied' antecedents, like the implied pronouns that are used in imperative statements such as '(You) Pick it up!' Starting an opening scene with: "He moved closer to the edge of the cliff." is perfectly fine, as it will become obvious, later, who 'He' is, as the story develops. The antecedent becomes a postcedent, in that case, but there's still a one-to-one relationship. > Chemicals on the periodic table are, by comparison, not mutable. > Except for those that decay into other elements like anything that's radioactive. Of course the position of the element on the table isn't mutable, but the (radioactive) element itself is mutable. > Ian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
