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Offline RedFeather

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A Christmas Grammar Question
« on: December 07, 2009, 04:41:30 PM »


What do you call santa's helpers ?



















subordinate clauses!  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D


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RE: A Christmas Grammar Question
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2009, 05:51:29 PM »
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RE: A Christmas Grammar Question
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2009, 11:38:12 PM »
Should not that be "Ho, Ho, Ho!"?  :emoticon:

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Re: A Christmas Grammar Question
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2009, 01:48:09 AM »
The ones that do the Hard work? Elves :) Merry Christmas... Ho, Ho ,Ho.

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Re: A Christmas Grammar Question
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2009, 02:39:29 AM »
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Re: A Christmas Grammar Question
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2009, 10:39:02 AM »
Broke, ...

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RE: A Christmas Grammar Question
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2009, 11:26:51 AM »
Red:

Since the subject is grammar . . .

Santa is a proper noun, and should be capitalized -- Santa's helpers.

And the question more properly stated should be: "What does one call Santa's helpers?"




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Re: A Christmas Grammar Question
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2009, 11:35:38 AM »
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Offline RedFeather

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RE: A Christmas Grammar Question
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2009, 03:52:43 PM »
I stole, nay, liberated that joke with the touch of my Contol-C keys, implanting it herein, warts and all. I guess that I stand corrected, although I am sitting.