7th October 2010, 07:57 PM
gwyl Wrote:myself, i prefer to think of linear as an adjectival noun but i am sure sensible archaeology will be embraced by the big society which will be taking over when the rest of us are all on the rock'n'roll and sort out that little attempt to foster new growth in the English language; rather the solecism of 'the linear runs...' than the goddawful pleonasm 'the linear ditch runs...' - well like whatevs it's all relative innit...
of course, without a little bit of non-linear thinking we'd still be looking to get above the first rung of Hawkes' ladder, given that by and large we are only going through the rubbish that got thrown away rather than the detailed blue-prints
S**t! Red Alert! Run! Someone's using big words. And GRAMMAR! I need a big pile of coats to hide under!
Honest to God I was never taught grammar in school and had to look up most of this on Wikipedia. Am I not allowed to say linear ditch any more? How do I refer to to straight ditches? Help, please I'm stupid!
For the love of God and my feeble brain, please no-one start using maths. It's reserved for Wizards in my world