Grammar pedants - help please.
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Jul 2021
7:00pm, 31 Jul 2021
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JK *chameleon*
I think I'm being spectacularly blond today. When a title has a part in brackets, what is that second part called?! I managed to get what I meant across to housemate by calling it a sub-title, but we're both pretty confident that's not the name. And now I can't recall what the official name is. Help a numpty out, please! |
Jul 2021
7:08pm, 31 Jul 2021
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Dooogs
A parenthesis?
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Aug 2021
2:15pm, 2 Aug 2021
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JCB
Paranthetical?
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Aug 2021
5:08pm, 2 Aug 2021
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Evangel
I think it's 'pathetical', and by having part of the title in parenthesis, the impact of the title is diminished.
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Aug 2021
5:32pm, 2 Aug 2021
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FergusG
Parenthetical Clause?
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Aug 2021
6:03pm, 2 Aug 2021
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Dvorak
Is that who brings grammer nerds presents (at Christmas)? (Or should it be "brings presents to grammer nerds"?) |
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Aug 2021
12:08am, 3 Aug 2021
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Evangel
But Granma doesn't realise!
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Aug 2021
12:10am, 3 Aug 2021
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Evangel
Oops! Gran'ma.
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Aug 2021
12:36am, 3 Aug 2021
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JK *chameleon*
Thanks all. This terminology doesn't ring a bell for me, so I imagine it's one of these things that I can't remember due to not having known it in the first place!
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Aug 2021
3:20pm, 3 Aug 2021
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Dvorak
I've heard Heaven 17's "...(And That's No Lie)" described as the only UK chart single (#52 in 1985) to have its title entirely enclosed in parentheses, though an uber-pedant would surely dismiss that claim due to the ellipsis. (I genuinely misspelt "grammar" in my previous post - the mortification!) |
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