Comments on: The Winners! The Winners! http://shoeblogs.com/2005/10/16/the-winners-the-winners/ Manolo Loves the Shoes! Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:07:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Laura K http://shoeblogs.com/2005/10/16/the-winners-the-winners/#comment-13054 Laura K Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:49:45 +0000 http://www.shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2005/10/16/the-winners-the-winners/#comment-13054 I truely enjoy these grammer and speling disputes. : ) I truely enjoy these grammer and speling disputes. : )

]]> By: Beth http://shoeblogs.com/2005/10/16/the-winners-the-winners/#comment-12466 Beth Thu, 20 Oct 2005 05:13:24 +0000 http://www.shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2005/10/16/the-winners-the-winners/#comment-12466 *sigh* The minute I decided to comment, it became inevitable that this would happen: > So really and truly, I think grammar in the poem is fine! I meant to say: I think *the* grammar in the poem is fine! *sigh* The minute I decided to comment, it became inevitable that this would happen:

> So really and truly, I think grammar in the poem is fine!

I meant to say:

I think *the* grammar in the poem is fine!

]]> By: Beth http://shoeblogs.com/2005/10/16/the-winners-the-winners/#comment-12464 Beth Thu, 20 Oct 2005 05:01:14 +0000 http://www.shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2005/10/16/the-winners-the-winners/#comment-12464 Annie, I must respectfully point out that you are misreading the essay, er, poem. "There" is correct. The line in question is saying that there, in the Manolo's pleasure dome of shoes, Cynthia Rowleys are strewn about; there is no possessive intended or needed. The other part of your argument -- that there should be a comma after there -- also doesn't work. There she weaves by night and day A magic web with colours gay. --Tennyson, Lady of Shallot There I saw one I knew, and stopped him, crying: 'Stetson! 'You who were with me in the ships at Mylae! 'That corpse you planted last year in your garden, 'Has it begun to sprout? Will it bloom this year? --Eliot, The Wasteland So really and truly, I think grammar in the poem is fine! Annie, I must respectfully point out that you are misreading the essay, er, poem. “There” is correct. The line in question is saying that there, in the Manolo’s pleasure dome of shoes, Cynthia Rowleys are strewn about; there is no possessive intended or needed. The other part of your argument — that there should be a comma after there — also doesn’t work.

There she weaves by night and day
A magic web with colours gay.
–Tennyson, Lady of Shallot

There I saw one I knew, and stopped him, crying: ‘Stetson!
‘You who were with me in the ships at Mylae!
‘That corpse you planted last year in your garden,
‘Has it begun to sprout? Will it bloom this year?
–Eliot, The Wasteland

So really and truly, I think grammar in the poem is fine!

]]> By: Viedma http://shoeblogs.com/2005/10/16/the-winners-the-winners/#comment-12440 Viedma Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:47:45 +0000 http://www.shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2005/10/16/the-winners-the-winners/#comment-12440 Annie, take a deep, cleansing breath. Now <a href="http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/stc/Coleridge/poems/Kubla_Khan.html" rel="nofollow">go and read the original poem</a>. See? Once your jealousy subsides a tad, why don't you enter contests where your "superfantasitc" stories will win first prize, okay? Now go away and torture your English teacher a little more. Annie, take a deep, cleansing breath. Now go and read the original poem. See? Once your jealousy subsides a tad, why don’t you enter contests where your “superfantasitc” stories will win first prize, okay? Now go away and torture your English teacher a little more.

]]> By: annie http://shoeblogs.com/2005/10/16/the-winners-the-winners/#comment-12430 annie Wed, 19 Oct 2005 16:23:04 +0000 http://www.shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2005/10/16/the-winners-the-winners/#comment-12430 The first prize story with the superfantasitc blooper in proper English usage still stands! Ignorance of "There" v "Their" is superuneducated. Blech. The first prize story with the superfantasitc blooper in proper English usage still stands! Ignorance of “There” v “Their” is superuneducated. Blech.

]]> By: Viedma http://shoeblogs.com/2005/10/16/the-winners-the-winners/#comment-12421 Viedma Wed, 19 Oct 2005 14:32:24 +0000 http://www.shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2005/10/16/the-winners-the-winners/#comment-12421 After the Manolo announced she'd won, Valeria Fate and I danced about the house. She wrote a most excellent parody, and I was so proud of her-- to find out she won first place was the icing on the cake. Thanks for making her so happy! After the Manolo announced she’d won, Valeria Fate and I danced about the house. She wrote a most excellent parody, and I was so proud of her– to find out she won first place was the icing on the cake. Thanks for making her so happy!

]]> By: tinka http://shoeblogs.com/2005/10/16/the-winners-the-winners/#comment-12410 tinka Wed, 19 Oct 2005 03:25:12 +0000 http://www.shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2005/10/16/the-winners-the-winners/#comment-12410 I loved reading the all the winners, but especially the Alicia's, our new Ernesta Hemingway. I fear though, that a word, it is missing from the posted version! Aayyyyy! Or Byyyyy!, should I say? Best wishes to all the super-talents with the writing ambitions. I loved reading the all the winners, but especially
the Alicia’s, our new Ernesta Hemingway. I fear though, that
a word, it is missing from the posted version! Aayyyyy! Or
Byyyyy!, should I say?

Best wishes to all the super-talents with the writing ambitions.

]]> By: desertwind http://shoeblogs.com/2005/10/16/the-winners-the-winners/#comment-12405 desertwind Wed, 19 Oct 2005 02:33:40 +0000 http://www.shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2005/10/16/the-winners-the-winners/#comment-12405 Valeria Fate! You made me laugh. Thank you. And, now the desertwind plans to enjoy the other super-fantastic winners for desert . Congrats, all you talented, talented people. Valeria Fate!

You made me laugh.

Thank you.

And, now the desertwind plans to enjoy the other super-fantastic winners for desert .

Congrats, all you talented, talented people.

]]> By: Sarah Hasler http://shoeblogs.com/2005/10/16/the-winners-the-winners/#comment-12369 Sarah Hasler Tue, 18 Oct 2005 07:43:43 +0000 http://www.shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2005/10/16/the-winners-the-winners/#comment-12369 The Sarah Hasler, she is also agog at her luck. And, truthfully, after reading the other winning entries, she is honored to be among such fabulous women! The Sarah Hasler, she is also agog at her luck. And, truthfully, after reading the other winning entries, she is honored to be among such fabulous women!

]]> By: The Alicia DiDonato http://shoeblogs.com/2005/10/16/the-winners-the-winners/#comment-12365 The Alicia DiDonato Tue, 18 Oct 2005 04:48:34 +0000 http://www.shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2005/10/16/the-winners-the-winners/#comment-12365 The Alicia is so excited about her prize, she cannot adequately express it in words! Also, she is in awe of the writing of the Valeria Fate -- truly superfantastic poem *and* name!!!! Thank you Manolo, Miss Meghan, and Jane!!! Yay!! The Alicia is so excited about her prize, she cannot adequately express it in words! Also, she is in awe of the writing of the Valeria Fate — truly superfantastic poem *and* name!!!! Thank you Manolo, Miss Meghan, and Jane!!!
Yay!!

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