[pianotech] OT: Grammar

paul bruesch paul at bruesch.net
Thu Dec 6 06:29:16 MST 2012


Thumpe,
"Whence" means "from where", so to say "from whence" (or as you did "whence
from") is redundant.
Just sayin'.
Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:41 AM, Euphonious Thumpe <lclgcnp at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Oops! That should have read "Grady College of Journalism", whence from the
> Peabody Awards arise.
>
> (As it's 4:30 A.M., I hope that I may be forgiven.)
>
> Thumpe
>
> P.S. The late, great, Harvey N. Roehl ( publisher of Reblitz's books, and
> piano historian) had a hobby late in life of photographing misspelled signs
> and such. He compiled them (some of which were quite funny!) into a book.
> (That's ONE way of dealing with the stress of seeing your fellow Americans
> --- and possible future nursing home attendants --- becoming less literate.)
>
>
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