6 Comments on “As seen in “the movies””

1. 1 paul mison said at 9:02 am on May 20th, 2003:

   Linking *to* the store! What’s with this American-inspired laziness about using a verb without a proposition? Do you write people?
   Don’t mind me. I’m getting kneejerk about grammar in my old age. Just thought I’d vent a bit.

2. 2 James Wallis said at 10:06 am on May 20th, 2003:

   The ‘Orpheus’ clip-to-your-nose glasses look cool but fall off after about three minutes…
   uh…
   so I’m told. By a friend. Who has a nose like mine.

3. 3 Yoz said at 1:05 pm on May 20th, 2003:

   Paul: The form of “link” without the preposition is perfectly valid: Participants at a seance link hands – they do not link to hands. While “link to” is more common on the web, surely the use without the preposition is still valid, given that a series of pages can be links in a chain?
   James: You want proper fitted pince-nez, you do.
   – Yoz

4. 4 James Wallis said at 10:13 pm on May 20th, 2003:

   Actually my Morph-specs came from As Seen On Screen: pince-nez they ain’t, but — credit where it’s due — they did fit a bit better until my nose got broken.
   ‘Link’ in the sense you used it is transitive: there is an implied ‘to’ and leaving it out is just sloppy.
   Random: goodness, the new Black Box Recorder album is a bit lovely.

5. 5 Sean said at 1:40 pm on May 25th, 2003:

   Actually, Yoz is covering up a typo. He actually meant “No, I’m not liking the store – “.
   Now he’s trying distract you by mentioning shows where people go talk dead people.

6. 6 Pat said at 2:08 pm on August 27th, 2003:

   Hi Yoz,
   Thanks for linking to us!!!
   Patrick