Miami-Dade County wants to ban assault weapons

[philw]

Alvarez, a former long-time director of the Miami-Dade Police Department, told the station he supports the right to bear arms but doesn't think the earliest proponents of the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution had assault weapons in mind.

now I am no edumicated scholar however when I see or hear the word BUT  I always seem to generally discount what ever they say as they don't agree with what they are saying

Beginning a sentence with a coordinating conjunction such as but is considered incorrect by classical grammarians arguing that a coordinating conjunction at the start of a sentence has nothing to connect, but use of the word in this way is very common. It is, however, best to avoid beginning a sentence with but in formal writing. Combining sentences or using however, nevertheless, still, or though is appropriate for the formal style.

note  I am not having a personal crack at Police that are on here doing the hard yards


IMO  they want to pass these "feel Good" laws ( Like they have here) to cover up the ineffectiveness in policing the illegal use of firearms  and the courts not handing out the penalties, and giving the crims a slap on the wrist, or worse get off due to a "technical issue"  FFS  come on people there are ENOUGH laws  why don't they enforce the ones they have.

[Hazcat]

AHHHHH a fellow grammarian!

[TexGun]

AHHHHH a fellow grammarian!

Yup, the cat IS back.

[philw]

AHHHHH a fellow grammarian!

mate I am far from a grammarian  however with the word BUT.  It was something I was told  from one of my old bosses when I was dealing with a Cust Issue   

and explained why  one of the things I never forgot as I used to use it ALL the time 

[Hazcat]

mate I am far from a grammarian  however with the word BUT.  It was something I was told  from one of my old bosses when I was dealing with a Cust Issue   

and explained why  one of the things I never forgot as I used to use it ALL the time 

What??

In any case I do try to keep my participles from dangling! (we know how painful that can be!  )

[Sponsor]

[philw]

What??

customer issue

In any case I do try to keep my participles from dangling! (we know how painful that can be!  )

heheh yep  can be very nasty

[Thanos]

AHHHHH a fellow grammarian!

Chuse...my favorite grammer problem, because it is spelled correctly. The Supreme Law of the Land said so.

[Hazcat]

Chuse...my favorite grammer problem, because it is spelled correctly. The Supreme Law of the Land said so.

OK, I'm confused

[tombogan03884]

In olde English "choose" was spelled "chuse" sometimes. Up here you see signs "Ye olde " like "Ye olde Pub", Ye old Brush shoppe" stuff like that, It's pronounced THE old. Another odd one, they used to use a small f for a Capital S, so "Sudbury Mass" was fudbury.

[Hazcat]

Thank you, Thomas!