An antecedent walked into a bar, and they ordered a drink.
From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Karl Hagen
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 1:02 PM
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Subject: Re: Into a Bar
An intermediate projection walked into an x-bar.
On 12/15/2011 3:29 AM, Dick Veit wrote:
An overwritten nominative absolute, every axon and synapse in its nervous system atwitter with the ever-so-tantalizing prospect that 16 ounces of cold fortified refreshment would soon slowly be wending its way down his parched but receptive gullet, walked into a bar.
(Realizing he had already sent too many posts but unable to restrain himself, Dick Veit walked into a bar.)
On Dec 14, 2011, at 9:09 PM, Carol Morrison <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
There’s a fun little language meme over at the alt.usage.english Google Group<http://us.mg4.mail.yahoo.com/neo/redir.aspx?C=7e343d0a95344353841c8380eb94656e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fgroups.google.com%2fgroup%2falt.usage.english%2fbrowse_frm%2fthread%2f4fb14e9b4414a8be%3fscoring%3dd%26%26pli%3d1>: bar jokes that hinge on fine points of grammar, punctuation, and linguistics. Peter Moylan of Newcastle, NSW, Australia, got the ball rolling on November 22*:
1. A comma splice walks into a bar, it has a drink and then leaves.
2. A dangling modifier walks into a bar. After finishing a drink, the bartender asks it to leave.
3. A question mark walks into a bar?
4. Two quotation marks “walk into” a bar.
5. A gerund and an infinitive walk into a bar, planning to drink.
6. The bar was walked into by the passive voice.
7. Three intransitive verbs walk into a bar. They sit. They drink. They leave.
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