What a difference a preposition makes.

[tablesaw]

Seen today:

Children should not be allowed to play or have access to plastic bags.


SunNYTX: 28. That's an awfully obscure way to clue 52A.

Comments

Maybe they're Amish and

[wintercolours.livejournal.com]

they really don't want kids playing! But even then they'd have to be really strict Amish, 'cause in Oregon we'd drive by the girls playing basketball in their long, dark dresses. (Ouch.)

[cruciverbalist.livejournal.com]

A friend told me once about an e-mail she got from a someone whose native language is French. His English is pretty good, but every once in a while she'd see sentences like: "I've been really busy lately because I've been working my ass!" Yes, prepositions are rather important.

[highersoul.livejournal.com]

i, for one, am glad that someone fonally spoke out about the evils of playing children! :)

heh -- sorta reminds me of this roadsign near where i live that says "Slow Children At Play".

-highersoul

[tablesaw]

Sounds familiar.

Re:

[highersoul.livejournal.com]

OOOOH! how cute! aw, mine doesn't have any little stick figures. just a warning about those damned perpetually playing slow children. i wonder if they're the offspring of the slow person who forgot to punctuate the sign in question. :)

-highersoul