Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcrdcf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!oliveb!hplabs!sdcrdcf!barryg From: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Lee Gold) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Resurrecting Dead Metaphors Message-ID: <2273@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 07:30:41 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.2273 Posted: Wed Aug 21 07:30:41 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 14:39:16 EDT References: <277@mit-athena.UUCP> <3318@dartvax.UUCP> <723@ptsfa.UUCP> <> <181@proper.UUCP> <634@psivax.UUCP> <> <225@proper.UUCP> Reply-To: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Lee Gold) Distribution: net.nlang Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica Lines: 10 Summary: Fowler's article on Mixed Metaphors mentions a number of instances in which the ghosts of dead metaphors rise to combat. One of my favorites was "It is a virgin field pregnant with possibilities." Or "on the sands of time we see the footprints of an unknown hand." For some time I've been bothered about the proper way to end a rhetorical question. A question mark somehow seems inappropriate. (Maybe a question mark inside quotes would do....) --Lee Gold