Queen Virgo went pale. She had read an awkward sentence about “a man running down the street chasing a cat, when unfortunately his scarf got caught on a tree branch.” WHOSE scarf got caught in the tree branch? From the sentence structure, it seems like it must’ve been the cat’s scarf. Since when do cats wear scarves? Queen Virgo shuddered.
Queen Virgo got out her red pen, the one with fresh ink. She crossed out the entire sentence, and wrote in its place: “A cat was being pursued by a man; unfortunately, his scarf got tangled in a tree branch and slowed him down.”
The red ink did not wash off the computer screen later.
MOV
If that cat didn't wear a stupid scarf he probably wouldn't have got caught!
ReplyDeleteIs that really you MOV? You're gorgeous!
alas, it is not me. It is my exceedingly beautiful evil twin, MOK. Yes, she mocks me, because somehow she got the exceedingly beautiful genes, and I got the plain genes (extra generic strain). Although, I did look like MOK for about 3 minutes once in 1995. Ah, good times.
DeleteOn a personal note, if you really do want to see my picture, I did write a blog post once about how photogenic I am and I included a photo (you will have to scroll to the end of the post, not the first pic, well--you'll see). Here is the link:
http://mothersofbrothersblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/257-youre-so-photogenic.html
best,
MOV
I don't think someone with a shape like that would get employment as a flight attendant.
Deleteha! you read my link!!!! ha ha ha!!!
DeleteOh crap. Stop reading my blog now. It may kill you.
ReplyDeleteHA HA HA!!! That cracked me up! A cat wearing a scarf is just funny and then the scarf in the tree is just funny and then the red ink on the computer screen is just funny! Just funny! (By the way, I thought this was funny.)
ReplyDeleteOh boy, I just wrote three posts about different grammar issues, which you will probably enjoy. One will probably go up tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteThat is a beautiful necklace, by the way.
I love this! You may not want to read my blog anymore though or your red pen may run out of ink. ;P
ReplyDeleteI hope my editors catch all those. :)
ReplyDeleteCan a cat catch a scarf, who threw the scarf and why was the scarf moving slowly, are we looking at the distortion of time. A cat passing through a wormhole in time, a paradox in the structure of the universe only seen by the cat, a wise cat who once observed a cow jumping over the moon..... It OK I know the answer ...... NO
ReplyDeleteThat is why I never just post something anymore. I will walk away from whatever I wrote and then come back to it an hour or so later to reread and proof it. I'm not a major grammar maniac, but I dislike obscure writing. When I taught I would go into conniptions when I got essays that rambled and ignored all the rules I had just taught. My students would claim that they were being "creative." I told them that they needed to learn the rules and use them successfully before they could bend them!
ReplyDeleteIs the dangling participle trying to kill itself? Hence the dangling. I really used to care about the punctuation MOV, I really did. I thought semi colons were cool. I still care, but have lost my way, and forgotten some rules, so I just leave a trail of commas.
ReplyDeleteWait a minute. Aren't animals, unless their gender is specified, referred to as "it?" If that is the case, then, technically, the sentence, while ambiguous, wasn't completely incorrect...
ReplyDelete(Please don't hurt me.)
-Barb the French Bean
MOV, while the grammar police are on the job, at least you don't say "..more better" or "there is fewer peanut butter in the jar now". We are saved! ":)
ReplyDeleteActual Lolz...my Grammar is terrible...as is my spelling. Thank goodness for built in checkers!!
ReplyDeleteThanks to all who wrote! This A to Z Challenge is kicking my you-know-what because I usually answer each comment individually. Sorry I am running out of time to do that. I read each one, and am so happy you took the time to write!!!
ReplyDeletexxo
MOV