[ANSTHRLD] online armorials (was: "Book of the Herald" wiki)
Tim McDaniel
tmcd at panix.com
Tue Aug 25 07:55:07 PDT 2009
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Childers, Jeff <Jeff.Childers at ttuhsc.edu> wrote:
> Druinne:
>
> > If we can get more period style armory out there in front of
> > people, we tend to get better submissions. Of course, the normal
> > caveats apply about later period marshalled to the teeth armory.
>
> What is teeth armory?
It's an illustration of _why_ "anal retentive" is hyphenated when used
as a compound adjective. Mr. Pedantic Grammar Person would have
written
"Of course, the normal caveats apply about late-period
marshalled-to-the-teeth armory."
Daniel de Lindo
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Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com
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