I do tend to get sloppy and imprecise someimes. I used to be better. I just
meant he showed them the way, not that he led them all the way in.
I hate it when people use "lead," not that anybody has here lately, when they
actually should write "led." Another pet peeve of mine. I've got too many of
those things anyway, so I'm working on getting over it.
Pedantry lives on.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
> Andrew Fildes wrote:
> > You've just demonstrated your lack of knowledge of Tolkein. The horror!
> > Gollum was the poor wight mentally and physically corrupted by the
> > Ring - an utter wretch destroyed by lust and greed. You are thinking
> > of Sauron. Tsk!
> >
> Easy now. You may recall that Gollum refused to lead Frodo to Mordor
> with the Elven rope around his neck, gave his word to do so unfettered
> (at least physically) and did in fact lead Frodo - was the leader - to
> Mordor, in spite Sam's misgivings.
>
> I believe Walt may be properly chastised for poor usage that can be
> easily misconstrued, but not for mistaken knowledge of the story.
>
> Moose
> > On 10/03/2007, at 10:00 AM, Walt Wayman wrote:
> >> And didn't Gollum become the leader to Mordor? Maybe that's what
> >> I'm becoming.
> >>
> Moose
>
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