This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
Warrior Dash 2012 – Grammar
Jul
30
2012
As I set here recovering from the Warrior Dash, I have to to reflect on what made the WD a good event (I was going to use the word enjoyable, but that does not seem appropriate). Several things came to mind, but one that did not was grammar.
To show you why, I am providing the following image, which is what WD tells you to bring to the race.
And here’s a close-up of the section for what not to bring.
Any guesses as to the grammar problem?
They left out a hyphen.
I have extra hyphens here. I could donate them to any promotional or informational materials that can’t afford them.
They said that you should not have a “clean shaved chin”. Since clean and shaved are separate words, not joined by a hyphen, we can consider them separately.
So one could bring a shaved chin that is dirty.
And one could bring a bearded chin that is clean.
But one cannot bring a shaved chin that is clean.
The hyphen helps you to avoid ambiguity – do not be afraid to use it.
It should be “clean-shaved chin”. You want clean to modify shaved and clean-shaved to modify chin. You do not want both clean and shaved to modify chin.
But maybe they did want to say what it said. Maybe a clean bearded chin is acceptable.
that eighty men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria with their beards shaved off and their clothes torn and their bodies gashed, having grain offerings and incense in their hands to bring to the house of the LORD.
Jeremiah 41:5
