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SureSister · #1 09-16-2010, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Also, there is also some really off-base advice here, and of course a pnm has no way of which advice is spot-on, and which is a load of hooey.

I'm always looking to improve the content for the next edition of this book. I would welcome a note from you about the off-base advice. You can DM me here or send your thoughts to the general mail box at SureSister.com

MysticCat · #2 09-16-2010, 02:09 PM

Okay, I have just have to ask this about SureSister's signature: In Panhellenic what?

Panhellenic is an adjective; it needs a noun to modify, but here it's just hanging out there on its own.

Sorry, but it's driving me just a little crazy.

SWTXBelle · #3 09-16-2010, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

Okay, I have just have to ask this about SureSister's signature: In Panhellenic what?

Panhellenic is an adjective; it needs a noun to modify, but here it's just hanging out there on its own.

Sorry, but it's driving me just a little crazy.

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

AZTheta · #4 09-16-2010, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

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?

SWTXBelle · #5 09-17-2010, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by AzTheta

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

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

MysticCat · #6 09-16-2010, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

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

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

SureSister · #7 11-03-2010, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

Okay, I have just have to ask this about SureSister's signature: In Panhellenic what?

Panhellenic is an adjective; it needs a noun to modify, but here it's just hanging out there on its own.

Sorry, but it's driving me just a little crazy.

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

Gusteau · #8 11-03-2010, 02:59 PM

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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.

MysticCat · #9 11-03-2010, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by SureSister

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

"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.

AlphaFrog · #10 11-03-2010, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

"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.

MysticCat · #11 11-03-2010, 03:50 PM

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Love it that you are playing Hobbs to her Calvin.

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

AlphaFrog · #12 11-03-2010, 03:55 PM

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

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

Drolefille · #13 11-03-2010, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

"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.

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.

exlurker · #14 11-04-2010, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by SureSister

. . . 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

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.

SWTXBelle · #15 09-16-2010, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by SureSister

I'm always looking to improve the content for the next edition of this book. I would welcome a note from you about the off-base advice. You can DM me here or send your thoughts to the general mail box at SureSister.com

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