[Gllug] LinuxDoc / DocBook Documentation Writting

[Tom Schutzer-Weissmann]

On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 00:55 +0100, John G Walker wrote:

> > Hmm, I wonder if there are analogues with other verbs, e.g.
> > 
> > "I have to go to London and a busy day tomorrow."
> > 
> > "I am eating my lunch and a Linux user." (maybe not !)
> > 
> 
> What about "He threw up his hands and his breakfast"?

Zeugma! Pope famously uses it in "The Rape of the Lock" (although I
suspect that many here will prefer "The Dunciad", which features
journalists competing to dive deepest into the crap of the Fleet Ditch)

        Or stain her Honour, or her new Brocade,
        Forget her Pray'rs, or miss a Masquerade, 
        Or lose her Heart, or Necklace, at a Ball ...
        
It's wierd with "I have to go to London and a busy day..." because most
speakers think of it as "have to" + "go" not "have" + "to go", which is
why you'd answer "Do you really have to?" with "Yes, I have to", not
"Yes, I have".

cheers,
Tom SW



		
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