Comments | 19_99: So . . .

19_99

So . . .

Jan 15, 2006 18:27

To calm me from the stress I came up with a new journal title: Colour Me Purple: Do I Eat People Or Do People Eat Me ( Read more... )

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kiwimark January 16 2006, 01:06:03 UTC

Obviously teh one in the middle.

=)

-Mark

19_99 January 16 2006, 01:26:50 UTC

So you think it eats flying purple people? I always thought it just ate people. Hum.

cesy January 16 2006, 01:06:21 UTC

I think One Eyed, One Horned, Flying, Purple People Eaters. Commas between separate adjectives, but not between the last adjective and the noun ("People Eaters").

cesy January 16 2006, 01:07:28 UTC

Unless they're eating flying, purple people. In which case I believe it should be One Eyed, One Horned Flying-Purple-People Eaters.

19_99 January 16 2006, 01:26:30 UTC

Well see, that's the whole thing. I'm pretty sure you don't need the hypens if they're eating flying purple people. See the order for not needing commas is something like number + general description + size + age + colour + noun (according to The Grammar Lady) so what I want to know is:

Does "it" eat flying purple people? Purple people? or just people?

kiwimark January 16 2006, 01:28:08 UTC

Okay, that's my bad, I actually read the middle one as Cesy's first post, which is what I agree with.

-Mark

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19_99 January 17 2006, 01:17:13 UTC

Yes but you're still a person. So you can still be eaten by something purple, flying, one-horned and one-eyed.

I figure the division has to come after the one horned since there are no one horned people. But then again that could explain why seeing as the eaters could have eaten them to extinction and then died themselves because of lack of food.

And yes, it is nice to know I'm not the only one who wastes time on this question. Unless. . . do you know where the song originated?