03-07-2015, 12:59 AM
(03-07-2015, 12:19 AM)milo Wrote: There is also a third word "pendent" which was actually designed for horticultural uses but none of the 3 is superior in any way other than the odd grammatical confusion caused by one and the "tektak" esque inversion created by the other 2.Hi Milo,
For clarification, let's take our "sentence":
No ruby fruits, no piercing darts of piping chillies, no eggplants
pendulate, purple-breasted.
In it's current form, we have a list of nouns and a verb (classic english construction although missing the required conjunction) followed by a dangling adjective. Our assumption is that fruits, chillies and eggplants all pendulate purple-breasted. It could technically be correct but seems ludicrous to this reader. The missing conjunction as well as the superfluous comma before purple-breasted are suspect.
Yah, in fact..yah, booo and sucks
I had the "and " in the original, no comma as you suggest. It was OK but metered lumpily. I and am happy to revert. It is a close call...on balance I usually go with small intestine instinct but am not ruling out tranverse colon. Any takers on this...either way?I hoped to spread the "pendulate" adjective over eggplant and breast...so the horticultural "pendent" would not do it...it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.
Best,
tectak