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08/29/2007 11:43:10 PM · #1 |
Hello I am titling a print and cannot decide on the best gramma for the title.
Should I go for "Amongst the Clouds"
Or "Among the Clouds"
And should i capital the A and the C or just the A or indeed the T as well??
Cheers - I am not normally that thick but it's bugging me!
Message edited by author 2007-08-29 23:43:54. |
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08/29/2007 11:47:34 PM · #2 |
Either "among" or "amongst" would be correct, I believe. "Amongst" makes it sound a bit more sophisticated, though.
The "the" does NOT need to be capitalized. The "A" and "C" should be capitalized.
Message edited by author 2007-08-29 23:48:08. |
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08/29/2007 11:50:11 PM · #3 |
Thanks Karmat for the speedy response - Cheers
Jeff |
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08/29/2007 11:53:18 PM · #4 |
Laughs....
Karmat is correct, but what got me was the title of this thread.
I thought you needed help with your Gramma, dammit!
Repeat after me, grammar, with an 'r' at the end. :P |
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08/29/2007 11:55:09 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Skyarcher:
Laughs....
Karmat is correct, but what got me was the title of this thread.
I thought you needed help with your Gramma, dammit!
Repeat after me, grammar, with an 'r' at the end. :P |
LOL
I believe Jeff is a Brit so read it with an English accent. :-P |
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08/29/2007 11:57:51 PM · #6 |
Sits in the corner with a hat on my head!!!!
Well spotted and thanks for the help guys! |
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08/30/2007 12:20:27 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by thegrandwazoo:
Originally posted by Skyarcher:
Laughs....
Karmat is correct, but what got me was the title of this thread.
I thought you needed help with your Gramma, dammit!
Repeat after me, grammar, with an 'r' at the end. :P |
LOL
I believe Jeff is a Brit so read it with an English accent. :-P |
Laughs...
Oh, trust me he does not want me trying to do a British accent. I'll screw it up, royally, and then his whole language will be kaput. ;)
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08/30/2007 12:27:44 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by Skyarcher:
Repeat after me, grammar, with an 'r' at the end. :P |
At least it wasn't "Grammer" the way 'merkins say it ... ;-) |
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08/30/2007 12:39:31 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Skyarcher:
Repeat after me, grammar, with an 'r' at the end. :P |
At least it wasn't "Grammer" the way 'merkins say it ... ;-) |
:P~~~~~~~ |
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08/30/2007 03:17:54 AM · #10 |
Most modern style guides consider "amongst" pretentious and recommend "among", but that's an American perspective. May be different in BritSpeak, which still uses the archaic "whilst" for "while" :-)
R.
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08/30/2007 03:42:28 AM · #11 |
| Well I think "Amongst the Clouds' sounds the best and that is an Australians point of view. |
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08/30/2007 03:56:14 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Most modern style guides consider "amongst" pretentious and recommend "among", but that's an American perspective. May be different in BritSpeak, which still uses the archaic "whilst" for "while" :-)
R. |
Fowler reports that the two forms of the word (etymology: on gemang -> onmang pre 1100, -> regular phonetic gradation amang, among). By the 14C. the variamt amonges had emerged and by the 16C., by form-association with superlatives, among(e)st. The surviving forms among and amongst have competed with each other for several centuries.
Among is now the far more common of the two (by a ratio of around 10:1, and amongst is less common in AmE than BrE). There is no difference in meaning between the two and no rule about when each should be used.
BTW I highly recommend Fowler’s Modern English Usage for these kinds of questions – it is the generally acknowledged authoritative guide.
Message edited by author 2007-08-30 03:59:28.
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08/30/2007 04:47:03 AM · #13 |
| lol didn't now I was amongst such scholarly peeps, do please excuse me whilst I go traverse the photo gallery lol. Man I better stop talking like that by the time I get back around my Kentucky kin folk, I'm liable to get by butt kicked or laughed at lol. |
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08/30/2007 05:05:21 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Most modern style guides consider "amongst" pretentious and recommend "among", but that's an American perspective. May be different in BritSpeak, which still uses the archaic "whilst" for "while" :-)
R. |
Whilst we are speaking of modern American styles, I would have recommended titling the image: "hang'n out wif da cloudz" (all lower case) |
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08/30/2007 05:08:55 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Most modern style guides consider "amongst" pretentious and recommend "among", but that's an American perspective. May be different in BritSpeak, which still uses the archaic "whilst" for "while" :-)
R. |
Whilst we are speaking of modern American styles, I would have recommended titling the image: "hang'n out wif da cloudz" (all lower case) |
fer shizzle, my nizzle! |
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