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The word that serves several grammatical purposes. Owing to its wide versatility in usage, the writer Joseph Addison named it "that jacksprat" in 1771, and gave this example of a grammatically correct sentence: "That that I say is this: that that that that gentleman has advanced, is not that, that he should have proved."
Like many nursery rhymes, "Jack Sprat" may have originated as a satire on a public figure. History writer Linda Alchin suggests that Jack was King Charles I, who was left "lean" when parliament denied him taxation, but with his queen Henrietta Maria he was free to "lick the platter clean" after he dissolved parliament—Charles was a notably short man.
Jack Sprat: England 1639 [54] First appearance in John Clarke's collection of sayings. Kookaburra 'Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree' Australia: 1932 [55] Attributed to Marion Sinclair, who was a music teacher at Toorak College. Ladybird, Ladybird 'Ladybug Ladybug' Britain 1744 [56] First mentioned in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book. Little ...
Spratt is an obvious satire on the general detective stereotype. Whereas famous detectives such as Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe and Sherlock Holmes have been portrayed as confident, successful, substance-abusing loners, Spratt does not have a substance abuse problem, and is happily married with five children.
Jack Sprat is a nursery rhyme Jack Sprat or Jack Spratt may also refer to: Jack Sprat (musician), American guitarist with Queen Esther (artist) and King Missile; Jack Spratt (fictional detective), a character in novels by Jasper Fforde; Jack Sprat, 1982 album by Yellowman, and title track written by W. Foster
The Fourth Bear is a mystery/fantasy novel by Jasper Fforde published in July 2006. It is Jasper Fforde's sixth novel, and the second in the Nursery Crimes series (also known as the Jack Spratt series).
In linguistics, grammatical person is the grammatical distinction between deictic references to participant(s) in an event; typically, the distinction is between the speaker (first person), the addressee (second person), and others (third person).
A grammar that uses phrase structure rules is a type of phrase structure grammar. Phrase structure rules as they are commonly employed operate according to the constituency relation, and a grammar that employs phrase structure rules is therefore a constituency grammar ; as such, it stands in contrast to dependency grammars , which are based on ...