Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!lll-crg!styx!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU!jordan From: jordan@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP Newsgroups: news.admin,news.misc Subject: Re: Abuses of the net Message-ID: <16450@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Sun, 23-Nov-86 21:22:47 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.16450 Posted: Sun Nov 23 21:22:47 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 24-Nov-86 04:29:01 EST References: <6555@decwrl.DEC.COM> Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: jordan@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Jordan Hayes) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 12 Summary: I'm confused ... Xref: watmath news.admin:33 news.misc:66 Brian Reid writes: I must say that I am also appalled. Everyone knows that "shit-for-brains" is an adjective, and so the sentence "You have shit-for-brains" is grammatically incorrect. The correct way to say it is to leave the hyphens out: "You have shit for brains". What's the difference between "You have shit for brains" and "You don't have shit for brains" ...? I'm not sure ... *ugh* /jordan