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Unless you're a graduate of Divinity school, you shouldn't be throwing stones



I seem to recall reading somewhere about a bloke called Jesus in around 30AD who did a lot of religious spouting - and apparently his backgorund was in woodwork, bar-tending (pretty good at serving wine - even when most folks had run out), and waiting tables (the things he could do with a few loaves and a bit of fish!).

Although it is always desirable to have some knowledge on any subject, it isn't essential. And if experience is critical for knowledge, I'm afraid I'm unqualified to say anything about murder, pedophilia, childbirth, homosexuality, psychic phenomena, the Chinese language, presidents, and Harley Davidsons. There are actually many other things I am unqualified to comment on but the list is waaaayyyy too long.

Of course, should anyone want to debate whether the notion of verbal-noun (gerund) is a grammatical entity in itself, or should simply be viewed as a lexeme of the base verb with an "-ing" participle - and then discuss how this affects the traditional view of prescriptive grammar as opposed to a more flexible approach based on a descriptive point of view - then let's get ready to rumble!!

Siggy

If life wasn't so pointless and absurd, I would take it more seriously.