http://www.englishforums.com/English/BookFilmReviews/Forum26.htmRead a forum by its cover.enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReviewGrouchyGrammarianThomas-Parrish/cppb/post.htm#448437Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:39:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:448437Grammar Geek0http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReviewGrouchyGrammarianThomas-Parrish/cppb/post.htm#448437http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments26-448437.xmlHello Jane M and welcome to the forums. Perhaps more recent posts would be more to your liking. This one is four years old. And you may wish to look up further and farther yourself.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReviewGrouchyGrammarianThomas-Parrish/cppb/post.htm#448417Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:39:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:448417Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReviewGrouchyGrammarianThomas-Parrish/cppb/post.htm#448417http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments26-448417.xmlI was interested in your critique of the Tom Parrish book. Just few sentences into your view, however, you used "further" instead of "farther"....I had trouble taking your review seriously after that. Jane Mhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ReviewGrouchyGrammarianThomas-Parrish/cppb/post.htm#14687Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:39:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:14687Elena2http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReviewGrouchyGrammarianThomas-Parrish/cppb/post.htm#14687http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments26-14687.xmlThank you, I understand.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReviewGrouchyGrammarianThomas-Parrish/cppb/post.htm#14675Tue, 26 May 2009 05:39:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:14675hitchhiker3http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReviewGrouchyGrammarianThomas-Parrish/cppb/post.htm#14675http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments26-14675.xmlHe means he won't be sorry to return the book . (Returns slot = place you return the book = slot you drop the book into etc.) Slot = Square shaped hole you drop stuff into!http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReviewGrouchyGrammarianThomas-Parrish/cppb/post.htm#14622Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:39:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:14622Elena4http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReviewGrouchyGrammarianThomas-Parrish/cppb/post.htm#14622http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments26-14622.xmlPlease, can you rephrase this last sentence of the review? "I won't be sorry to drop it in the returns slot after that" I think I understand the meaning, that John C. is not interested in reading the book again, but I am not sure. Also, is it a colloquial sentence? Same question about the word 'slot' and the verb 'to drop' (with all its diverse meanings), and, are they frequently used? Thank you.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReviewGrouchyGrammarianThomas-Parrish/cppb/post.htmThu, 26 Feb 2009 06:39:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:14417John C.5http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReviewGrouchyGrammarianThomas-Parrish/cppb/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments26-14417.xmlThis book looked promising – it was subtitled A How-Not-To Guide to the 47 Most Common Mistakes in English Made by Journalists, Broadcasters, and Others Who Should Know Better – and in the first few pages I came across a passage referring to that group: What did these people study in high school and college? Headline writing? Advertising techniques? No English, no history? Have they never loved words and ideas, the way a carpenter loves wood or a chef loves herbs? Didn't they want to know subjects and verbs, adverbs and prepositions, as the carpenter knows nails and sandpaper and hot glue? Have they never taken a sentence apart to see what made it run? Good stuff. He had me very much on his side right at the start. ...