Middletown Forum : Any News? http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Middletown Forum : City Council : Any News? Wed, 07 Oct 2026 01:53:30 +0000 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:05:05 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 10.12 360 www.middletownusa.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2729 Middletown Forum http://middletownusa.com/images/blog-logo.jpg http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ Any News? : Put it at the pavilion, the doggie... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2729&PID=17156&title=any-news#17156 Author: Bill
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Posted: Mar 05 2010 at 1:05pm

Put it at the pavilion, the doggie excrement and urine can run into the filthy river and the area would not offend anyone because no one is there anyway.]]> Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:05:05 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2729&PID=17156&title=any-news#17156 Any News? : I think a doggie park is a great... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2729&PID=17150&title=any-news#17150 Author: mocha
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Posted: Mar 05 2010 at 11:18am

I think a doggie park is a great idea.......How about down by the AK Pavilion on the river, if not Sunset Park.  That's is a beautiful area, and doesn't seem to be used much.     Mocha]]> Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:18:16 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2729&PID=17150&title=any-news#17150 Any News? : jag123 wrote:My past WAS bright........ http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2729&PID=16970&title=any-news#16970 Author: Mike_Presta
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Posted: Feb 27 2010 at 11:19am

Originally posted by jag123 jag123 wrote:

My past WAS bright..... I worked in a lightbulb factory!LOL
What a coincidence!!!
 
I once worked in a CANDLE factory.  I was fired because I refused to work on WICK-ENDS!!!  LOL LOL LOL
]]> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:19:44 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2729&PID=16970&title=any-news#16970 Any News? : This morning, as it was past eight... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2729&PID=16969&title=any-news#16969 Author: acclaro
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Posted: Feb 27 2010 at 11:15am

This morning, as it was past eight am, I almost missed reading prose from the hand of Mike Presta. Past is  preposition as it would be in the previous citation (West Saxon 139).
 
  
]]> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:15:56 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2729&PID=16969&title=any-news#16969 Any News? : acclaro wrote:This morning,... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2729&PID=16968&title=any-news#16968 Author: Marianne
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Posted: Feb 27 2010 at 10:07am

Originally posted by acclaro acclaro wrote:

This morning, I almost past posting in response to Mike's comments. (Past- preposition)


Wouldn't that be "passed"?

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Posted: Feb 27 2010 at 9:09am

This morning, I almost past posting in response to Mike's comments. (Past- preposition)
 
Too many in Middletown cling to the past. (Past- adjective)
 
One may consider fifty years agom Middletown indeed had a distingusihed past. Past  (noun) 
 
I waverd as I drove past the city of Middletown to a better town, forever smitten with long gone memories of its storied past. (Past- adverb).
 
The city should set aside in the past, its plan to launch the new slogan it paid $14,000: 'Bright past, Brighter Future.'
 
Exclamation  
]]> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:09:33 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2729&PID=16967&title=any-news#16967 Any News? : My past WAS bright..... I worked... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2729&PID=16965&title=any-news#16965 Author: jag123
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Posted: Feb 27 2010 at 8:56am

My past WAS bright..... I worked in a lightbulb factory!LOL]]> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:56:24 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2729&PID=16965&title=any-news#16965 Any News? : While I have found this discussion... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2729&PID=16964&title=any-news#16964 Author: Mike_Presta
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Posted: Feb 27 2010 at 8:31am

While I have found this discussion very interesting, perhaps it has become more complicated than it needs to be.

Some bright people have weighed in on the matter, some brighter than others, perhaps many of the brightest people that post here.

The light that they have shined on this subject has shined brightly, some more brightly than others, and some lights have shined the most brightly of all.

Light bulbs are bright, brighter and brightest (adj.). They shine brightly, more brightly, and most brightly (adv.).

(At least I think so…but I’m not the brightest bulb in the chandelier!!! Lamp) LOL LOL LOL

]]> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:31:06 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2729&PID=16964&title=any-news#16964 Any News? : I. Agreement reachedinthe ineffective... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2729&PID=16959&title=any-news#16959 Author: acclaro
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Posted: Feb 26 2010 at 9:43pm

I. Agreement reached in the ineffective slogan, and 'past' may be an adverb- "we drove past the city". Therefore, tthe slogan could be a double affinity, and completely in violation of the English Rules of Grammer. an adverb modifying an adverb.
 
'Past' may be used as a noun, adjective, or even a preposition pastplay_w2("P0101300")<OBJECT style="MARGIN: 1px" code="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" id=:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000 width=13 height=21><embed src="http://img.tfd.com/m/sound.swf" FlashVars="sound_src=http://img.tfd.com/hm/mp3/P0101300.mp3" menu="false" width="13" height="21" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"> (pst)
adj.
1. No longer current; gone by; over: His youth is past.
2. Having existed or occurred in an earlier time; bygone: past events; in years past.
3.
a. Earlier than the present time; ago: 40 years past.
b. Just gone by or elapsed: in the past few days.
4. Having served formerly in a given capacity, especially an official one: a past president; a past inmate of a cell.
5. Grammar Of, relating to, or being a verb tense or form used to express an action or condition prior to the time it is expressed.
n.
1. The time before the present.
2.
a. Previous background, career, experiences, and activities: an elderly person with a distinguished past.
b. A former period of someone's life kept secret or thought to be shameful: a family with a checkered past.
3. Grammar
a. The past tense.
b. A verb form in the past tense.
adv.
So as to pass by or go beyond: He waved as he walked past.
prep.
1. Beyond in time; later than or after: past midnight; a quarter past two.
2. Beyond in position; farther than: The house is a mile past the first stoplight. They walked past the memorial in silence.
3.
a. Beyond the power, scope, extent, or influence of: The problem is past the point of resolution.
b. Beyond in development or appropriateness: The child is past drinking from a bottle. You're past sucking your thumb, so don't do it.
4. Beyond the number or amount of: The child couldn't count past 20. See Usage Note at pass.
[Middle English, from past participle of passen, to pass; see pass.]
 
]]> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:43:11 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2729&PID=16959&title=any-news#16959 Any News? : acclaro wrote:\Marianne, I... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2729&PID=16956&title=any-news#16956 Author: Marianne
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Posted: Feb 26 2010 at 9:02pm

Originally posted by acclaro acclaro wrote:

\Marianne, I respectfully disagree, as in the usage of BRIGHT, it serves as an adverb, placing emphasis upon the adjective or noun past (past may actually be a pronoun, as its not specific to a topic, place, or thing). Hence, its use as an adverb is completely misplaced.


Then we can agree to disagree, because your explanation does not make sense to me.

The word "past" functions as a noun in that phrase; therefore, "bright" is an adjective.

If "past" is functioning as an adjective, which you appear to suggest, it must be modifying an invisible noun, because I don't see one there. So, that explanation makes little sense.

For "bright" to function as an adverb, which you also seem to suggest, it must be modifying either an adjective or another (apparently, invisible) adverb. See above paragraph for explanation of why that can't be the case.

Finally, you mention that past may actually be a pronoun! If I grant you that (and I'm not ready to concede that), "bright" must be an adjective, because adjectives modify pronouns.

More importantly, I agree that the slogan could be stronger.

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