Can You Read Between The Lines Here?

[sandyRoe]

"His two word malediction, the first a gerund and the second, 'English', was particularly hurtful. I'm Irish."

Is it clear, or clearish, what the phrase was?

[Peter Pedant]

no it was a present participle,

and would be 'indulging in carnal knowledge'

If you translate l'amour est fantastique as "loving is amazing"

then loving is a gerund and amazing is a present participle adjective

but we Brits get confused by words ending in ing

I feel a need to tell younow what the gerundive construction is....

[Zacs-Master]

Please resist.

[sandyRoe]

I wanted the reader to think of him saying, "****ing English", without me actually saying it. In that I've failed?

[kvalidir]

No I thought that Sandy, not a fail at all, perfectly clear :)

[The Builder]

...just to be really annoying, Sandy, I guess in this case it may actually be a Gerundive ;o)

[sandyRoe]

Ty, Kvalidir.
I really need someone to edit my scribblings. I wonder where I might find someone? :-)

[scorpiojo]

Lol

[SirOracle]

Sandy. Don't know where you can find an editor,but I know of an abridger.

[Wharton]

You can read between the lines very quickly, there are no words to hold you back.

[sandyRoe]

Siroracle, when you say, 'abridger', do you mean someone who would rip out the last 10 pages of the typescript?

[SirOracle]

Got it in one Sandy.

[wolf63]

If this book was a highbrow and intelligent piece of literature (or I had actually paid attention at school) then I would probably know what those words meant.

But if it was a book that I was reading then big words like that would not appear.

If you are writing your book in longhand I might be able to help you type it up. I will avoid, at all costs, and 'spot of ink'.

[sandyRoe]

Wolf63, that's a kind offer. But it isn't really a book just a collection of scribblings that will never leave the memory of this computer.

[wolf63]

i also have a similar book on my computer. I understand :-)

[askyourgran]

Me too, (having a book on the boil on my laptop) I have to sit down and put it all in order but it's something I keep putting off.