Propositions

4. "And the root of all evil was never money but the love of it, Mammon, the servant and footman of the unrequited."

Prevarication

5. "Neither is hell denied its fury, nor a woman ignored or deceived who prefers not being scorned."

California's #8...Boooooooo😠
Wait I think it was "overturned".😀

Prelate

I don't quite understand this thread - what are we supposed to do and why are there numbered quotes? (You might say that it is not my English that is insufficient, it's my intelligence)

Originally posted by lolof
I don't quite understand this thread - what are we supposed to do and why are there numbered quotes? (You might say that it is not my English that is insufficient, it's my intelligence)

Originally posted by Ponderable
Both your English and you Intelligence are sufficient for this thread.

Ma Proposition: It is a meta-thread in which one poster is posting (numbered) proposition, while the others play an association game. Do you have a counter-proposition?

Originally posted by lolof
I don't quite understand this thread - what are we supposed to do and why are there numbered quotes? (You might say that it is not my English that is insufficient, it's my intelligence)

Originally posted by Ponderable
Both your English and you Intelligence are sufficient for this thread.

Ma Proposition: It is a meta-thread in which one poster is posting (numbered) proposition, while the others play an association game. Do you have a counter-proposition?

7-9. That the following statements may be true: "And a female is not a woman, nor a woman a lady and young girls rape their own futures in the early sun. And a boy is not a man before his mother. Furniture is seldom if ever made in the woods."

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
"Do you have a counter-proposition?"

Since when has it become necessary or desirable or respectful to deviate from a site member's public forum thread topic by design (or to encourage others to follow suit)? Doesn't one of the site's "Forum Outline" Points discourage doing so? -Bob

Edit: "propositions: 3rd person singular present, plural o ...[text shortened]... pinion." (The Free Dictionary, online) In context, the "Verb Form" isn't applicable.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
7. That the following statement may be true: "And a female is not a woman, nor a woman a lady and young girls rape their own futures in the early sun. And a boy is not a man before his mother. Furniture is seldom if ever made in the woods."

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
lolof, "Propositions" is this thread's topic title. Since, 6 propositions and 18 off topic posts. My apology for the confusion. Hope you'll reconsider your decision and stay. Propositions should fit nicely with your obvious love of language. -Bob

Originally posted by Ponderable
So you claim, that deviations introduced by you are not by design?

PS: I apologize for the weak spelling, however I can't see where I used a "verb-form" while I admit to have left out a plural-s.