Talk:Sword behind inappropriate prepositions

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Revision as of 19:10, 17 August 2006 by imported>Phlip (Possible prepositions)
  • should that not, rather than "on", be "by your side," or is that inappropriateness apposite? --Evilkolbot 01:45, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
    • It looks like it should be, so I fixed it.--Piroteknix 02:05, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
      • "at your side" would also be correct, but we'll probably never know what it was 'supposed' to be. --Quietust 09:05, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
  • at, by, and on are options in the list below. if the preposition is always inappropriate that would be one way of working it out. --Evilkolbot 10:15, 16 August 2006 (CDT)

Possible prepositions

These are the prepositions I've found so far. Should these be added to the item page?

  • about
  • above
  • across
  • after
  • against
  • along
  • among
  • around
  • at
  • before
  • behind
  • below
  • beneath
  • beside
  • between
  • beyond
  • by
  • down
  • during
  • except
  • for
  • from
  • in
  • inside
  • into
  • like
  • near
  • of
  • off
  • on
  • onto
  • out
  • outside
  • over
  • past
  • through
  • throughout
  • to
  • under
  • up
  • upon
  • with
  • within
  • without

--Piroteknix 02:07, 16 August 2006 (CDT)

Obscure Reference?

Probably too obscure, but it does seem so similar. The mathematical poetry group Oulipo has a poetic method called N+7. For a given existing text, and a given dictionary, replace every noun with a noun seven words down in the dictionary. Example:

Using The Living Language Common Usage Dictionary: English-Russian, the opening of the book of Genesis becomes:
In the bend God created the hen and the education. And the education was without founder, and void; and death was upon the falsehood of the demand. And the sport of God moved upon the falsehood of the wealth. And God said, Let there be limit; and there was limit.

source for example

--Club 13:38, 16 August 2006 (CDT)