On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 8:52 PM, raghu <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Jeffrey Fisher <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 7:49 PM, raghu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> “To whom much is given much is expected,” he said. “There is a sense > >> that if you make money you are expected to give.” > >> > >> Right. I am sure that'll do it! > > > > heh. Never mind that the prepositional situation in that sentence is > really > > just breaking my pretty little grammatical head. It's like a slightly > more > > sophisticated error than Bush's famous "fool me once" gaffe. Those with > > greater pretensions, in other words, screw up more high-falutin' sayings. > > > Ah I didn't notice that. I am not even sure, how to fix that.. > -raghu. > > > Well, it's an attempt to quote Luke's gospel (the most social justice of the four, by a longshot), 12:48:
"From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required; and from one to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be demanded." But he clearly couldn't keep track of everything going on there.
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