RE: First Thing's (?) First... logic don't enter into it

["Wright, Lynne" <lwright -at- positron911 -dot- com>]

oops... i think maybe that after working 10 hours straight, i'm finally
losing my mind entirely (hello? what's my name again?). I actually thought
it sounded suspiciously credible.  

let's just say i was checking to see who was still awake out there.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bonnie Granat
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 6:57 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: First Thing's (?) First... logic don't enter into i
>
> I think the key here is that the expression isn't tied to any grammatical
> logic... its a colloquial expression, like "First Come, First Served," 
> that
> really makes no grammatical sense.
>
> You've just gotta know your idioms, or there's no solving these debates...
> like for decades, i've been trying to convince my mom that she's wrong by
> saying "Waste not, want not"... not the other way around. Even though
> English is her second language, she keeps insisting that her version is 
> more
> logical... if you don't waste something, you won't want it later when you
> run out.
>

But she's right -- it *is* waste not, want not! I certainly have never heard

"want not, waste not," which to me makes no sense at all.
Lynne Wright
Technical Communications
Positron Inc.
5101 Buchan St.  H4P 2R9
(514) 345-2200
fax:   345-2272



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