Grammatically correct?

@dalehileman,

A person was say that nothing [in his field] is impossible to him.

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@JTT,

JTT wrote:

Yes, it's grammatical.

Fast is nothing.

Delicious is nothing.

Big is nothing.

I cannot say that your sentences are correct.

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@Advocate,

What is there to explain, A? Things do not have to make sense to be
grammatical.

Colourless green ideas sleep furiously.

is an example (Chomsky) of a nonsense sentence that is fully grammatical.

Any part of speech can be the subject of a sentence.

Quickly is an adverb.

A is an article.

On functions as a preposition.

Impossible is a piece of cake.

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@Advocate,

That one is definitely not grammatical, A.

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@JTT,

JTT wrote:

What is there to explain, A? Things do not have to make sense to be
grammatical.

Colourless green ideas sleep furiously.

is an example (Chomsky) of a nonsense sentence that is fully grammatical.

Any part of speech can be the subject of a sentence.

Quickly is an adverb.

A is an article.

On functions as a preposition.

Impossible is a piece of cake.

The last sentence is questionable. You are being cute re the others.

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@Advocate,

Quote:

I cannot say that your sentences are correct.

Nor indeed can I.

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@McTag,

That's because you both know little of language.

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@JTT,

Thanks for not bringing up US-war crimes.

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@Advocate,

The last sentence is fine, A.

I've not often heard grammar instruction described as "cute" .

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@JTT,

JTT wrote:

The last sentence is fine, A.

I've not often heard grammar instruction described as "cute" .

Read "cute" as meaning "sleazy."

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@Advocate,

Again, that's illustrative of how little you know of language, A.

You can describe it any way you want, with any adjective you want.

Language must be able to cover all situations.

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@Advocate,

Have you heard of the criminal things Americans have done to the English language ?

Smile

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@JTT,

JTT I have to agree that it's going to hell. Someone might consider a new thread soliciting examples

One immediately coming to mind is calling a block of semiconductor mat'l a "drive"

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@dalehileman,

You're confusing natural language change with the nonsense you were taught as a young man, Dale - the bs that came from the Strunk & white generation and before.

There are lots of threads already with lots of these language lunacies.

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