I was referring to the advice here at GC, not the book! :)

I sometimes sign alumnae panhellenic correspondence with "Panhellenically yours".

In that case, wouldn't "panhellenically" be an adjective? or something else? Where're my GC word nerds?

Which, unlike "In Panhellenic," makes grammatical sense. ;)

My advice to you would be to quit spamming and pay for real advertising, both here and on Facebook. Your constant posts on sorority Facebook pages make you look desperate.

It's a panhellenic take on "Sincerely yours", which works as a valediction, even if it does not lend itself to easy sentence diagramming. :)

FWIW - My A.P. sorority recruitment v.p. liked the book and we are having other in the Alumnae Panhellenic read it. The biggest thing it has going for it is a systematic, organized approach for the pnms to follow. The advantage it has over our beloved GC is everything is in one place, it goes step by step, and it makes the pnm think how she is going to distinguish herself from the dozens if not hundreds of pnms going through recruitment with her. Is it a must-have? Not necessarily, but it would be a godsend for many of those clueless pnms who flood the board in the summer.

MysticCat, thank you for your comment.

Like "rush," which is often used as both a noun and a verb, "Panhellenic" is commonly used as an adjective and, on many campuses, "Panhellenic" is used as a noun.

Perhaps these campuses take their lead from the National Panhellenic Conference? You'll find an example of the NPC using Panhellenic as a noun in it's 2010 Annual Report, see page 5.

https://www.npcwomen.org/resources/p...port_FINAL.pdf

LOL - If "Panhellenic" is used as a noun it colloquially refers to a campus governing body. It still doesn't justify your misuse of it in your signature, sorry.

"Panhellenic" is an adjective. The fact that "Panhellenic" is also used as a sort of adjectival noun -- which is nothing more than colloquial shorthand by using part of the name to mean the entire name, like calling some educational institutions simply "State" or "Tech" -- doesn't change the fact that it is an adjective.

Beside, as Gusteau says your example does nothing to support the use of "In Panhellenic." Your example of its use as a noun is the usage that means "Panhellenic Council." Are we supposed to interpret your valediction as meaning "In Council"?

Sorry, but unless you can find a credible example of "Panhellinic" being used to mean "Panhellenic Spirit" or something similar, I'm sticking with my opinion that "In Panhellenic" as a valediction looks .. well, stupid.

Love it that you are playing Hobbs to her Calvin. :p

Well, she's weirding language. (Or should that be "she's making a weird"?) :p

Best part? I'm sure she cluelesses our posting subject.

I agree with you. I wonder if it's an extension of the "In Sigma" or "In *letter here*" that I've seen. But in those cases the recipients know what it stands for and whether the wording is appropriate or makes sense, versus Panhellenic which does not.

Not that I have much room to talk; I've had my share of typos, grammar breakdowns, and such. I just thought I'd boldface the "it's" as a reminder:
it's = contraction of "it is;" its = possessive, "belonging to it."

That's right. One more thing that Spellcheck won't normally catch.