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Post by Cramptholomew on Sept 12, 2018 14:25:39 GMT -5
That are "out of order" but nothing that is "in of order".
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Post by monbla256 on Sept 12, 2018 14:51:53 GMT -5
That are "out of order" but nothing that is "in of order". Aaaah! English grammar !  |
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Post by Legend Lover on Sept 12, 2018 15:30:56 GMT -5
But there are things that are in order.
It's like having items that are in stock and out of stock.
I want to say there's a reason why the 'of' is dropped, but I can't.
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Post by toshtego on Sept 12, 2018 15:47:00 GMT -5
That are "out of order" but nothing that is "in of order". One can get far in Germany with the expression, "Alles in Ordnung". But you have to really mean it! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2018 15:54:06 GMT -5
The word “ of “ is the catch!! There is “ in order and out of the order “. ” In of order “ is not part of the English language.
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Post by slowroll on Sept 12, 2018 15:56:55 GMT -5
But there are things that are in order. It's like having items that are in stock and out of stock. I want to say there's a reason why the 'of' is dropped, but I can't. Somewhere, sometime, a learned grammatist decreed that "out as a modifier to the object of a sentence requires a preposition  |
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Post by Cramptholomew on Sept 12, 2018 16:02:14 GMT -5
I just noticed it when I saw an ATM that was "Out of Order", and realized that we don't do the same for "in".
Out of doors
Out of line
Out of stock
Out of alignment
Etc.
Harkens back to Gallagher's old skit about "Parking in the driveway" and "Driving on the Parkway".
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Sept 12, 2018 17:52:10 GMT -5
Driveway and parkway both have totally reasonable etymologies though.
- The driveway is the short road connecting a garage/stable to the edge of the property.
- The original parkways were highways constructed through a spiderweb of parklands on Long Island. highway + park = parkway
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Post by Cramptholomew on Sept 12, 2018 17:55:22 GMT -5
Driveway and parkway both have totally reasonable etymologies though.
- The driveway is the short road connecting a garage/stable to the edge of the property.
- The original parkways were highways constructed through a spiderweb of parklands on Long Island. highway + park = parkway
See, Gallagher never gave context, and I never bothered to Google it. Now I feel like smashing a watermelon. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2018 19:05:19 GMT -5
Driveway and parkway both have totally reasonable etymologies though.
- The driveway is the short road connecting a garage/stable to the edge of the property.
- The original parkways were highways constructed through a spiderweb of parklands on Long Island. highway + park = parkway
Vanderbilt Motor Parkway aka Long Island Motor Parkway was the first roadway on Long Island designed for automobiles only. Today it’s a major thoroughfare, definitely not a major parkway. Part of this roadway ran through Dix Hills where I lived for many years. |
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Post by Wolfman on Sept 12, 2018 21:13:16 GMT -5
Driveway and parkway both have totally reasonable etymologies though.
- The driveway is the short road connecting a garage/stable to the edge of the property.
- The original parkways were highways constructed through a spiderweb of parklands on Long Island. highway + park = parkway
Vanderbilt Motor Parkway aka Long Island Motor Parkway was the first roadway on Long Island designed for automobiles only. Today it’s a major thoroughfare, definitely not a major parkway. Part of this roadway ran through Dix Hills where I lived for many years. @lonecoyote Ted, going off topic, I’m about 99.44 percent sure I told you I lived off Village Hill Road when beginning when I was 6 years old. I also worked at 300 Motor Parkway in Hauppauge from 1993-2007. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2018 21:25:50 GMT -5
Vanderbilt Motor Parkway aka Long Island Motor Parkway was the first roadway on Long Island designed for automobiles only. Today it’s a major thoroughfare, definitely not a major parkway. Part of this roadway ran through Dix Hills where I lived for many years. @lonecoyote Ted, going off topic, I’m about 99.44 percent sure I told you I lived off Village Hill Road when beginning when I was 6 years old. I also worked at 300 Motor Parkway in Hauppauge from 1993-2007. Yup, I remember. I had told you #99 Mark Gastineau of the NY Jets lived off Village Hill Road, which is off Motor Pkwy aka Vanderbilt Motor Parkway. Hope your feeling much better, have a good nights sleep. |
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Post by antb on Sept 13, 2018 2:07:08 GMT -5
 A classic Briarpatch thread! Thanks for this one, Cramptholomew!
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Post by slowroll on Sept 13, 2018 10:10:00 GMT -5
A classic Briarpatch thread! Thanks for this one, Cramptholomew! ...how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if.....  |
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A classic Briarpatch thread! 