Comments on: conjunction junction http://accidentalfeminist.com/2009/10/30/conjunction-junction/ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:22:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kim Hanson http://accidentalfeminist.com/2009/10/30/conjunction-junction/comment-page-1/#comment-752 Kim Hanson Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:43:52 +0000 http://accidentalfeminist.com/?p=750#comment-752 This reminds me of a similar conversation I had with my two youngest daughters about using the phrase "isn't it?" which literally means "is not it." After my long-winded lecture on the interrogative forms of negative direct object clauses, my youngest daughter said.... "So, its is it not not is not it?" to which I immediately replied: "Precisely....." and everyone else at our table started laughing. That phrase "is it not not is not it" was given a coveted position on the front of the fridge and has since become a part of our secret family lexicon. This reminds me of a similar conversation I had with my two youngest daughters about using the phrase “isn’t it?” which literally means “is not it.” After my long-winded lecture on the interrogative forms of negative direct object clauses, my youngest daughter said….

“So, its is it not not is not it?”

to which I immediately replied:

“Precisely…..”

and everyone else at our table started laughing. That phrase “is it not not is not it” was given a coveted position on the front of the fridge and has since become a part of our secret family lexicon.

]]> By: Leiran http://accidentalfeminist.com/2009/10/30/conjunction-junction/comment-page-1/#comment-724 Leiran Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:19:31 +0000 http://accidentalfeminist.com/?p=750#comment-724 That's what 'tis is for. That’s what ’tis is for.

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