tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004649849101357455.post55270579761727674..comments2023-04-07T02:47:51.081-10:00Comments on Edit Hawai‘i: The Imperative Mood and YouPathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04525687436544097069noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004649849101357455.post-59752880777087020232007-11-01T21:36:00.000-10:002007-11-01T21:36:00.000-10:00The imperative is also used in requests—for exampl...The imperative is also used in requests—for example, "Would you all please be quiet?"—and in such expressions as the following:<BR/><BR/><I>Eat, drink, and be merry!<BR/><BR/>Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming…</I><BR/><BR/>MANOA published a wonderful essay in which Jen's <I>it</I> is discussed. I'll bring it in tomorrow.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04525687436544097069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004649849101357455.post-53089666495982999932007-10-18T20:22:00.000-10:002007-10-18T20:22:00.000-10:00I'd like to add this to your list of grammatical x...I'd like to add this to your list of grammatical x-files: the "meteorological it."<BR/><BR/><I>It's raining.<BR/>It's pouring. <BR/>(The old man is snoring.)<BR/>It's sunny.<BR/>It's windy. <BR/>It's cloudy.</I><BR/><BR/>What's raining? What's windy? The weather? The weather can't rain. Is it the clouds that are raining? But then clouds can't be sunny. <BR/><BR/>If only Mulder and Scully were English majors.ceruleanjenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01658288288785000171noreply@blogger.com