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Show Thursday, December 18, 2008 OREM TIMES Page 9 . i Don't have Don Norton What would you readers read-ers think if someone said to you, speaking of a respected friend, "In all his life, hasn't never said nothing discourteous discourte-ous to no sort of person"? per-son"? Well, that was GRAMMAR NOTES written seriously by one of the great authors of English literature, Geoffrey Chaucer. But he was writing in the late 1300s, when double, triple, and even quadruple negatives (such as you see here) were entirely "standard" that is, correct English. (What he actually wrote, speaking of the Knight with him on the pilgrimage to Canterbury, was "He nevere yet no vileynye ne sayde in al his lyf unto no maner wight.") Or how about "I will not budge for no man's pleasure, I," or "I cannot go no further," or "And that no woman has; nor never none shall be the mistress of it"? That's Shakespeare. Shake-speare. On any page of Middle English Eng-lish prose or poetry (roughly A.D. 1060 to 1400), you'D find a number of multiple negatives. Emily Marlowe Christmas memories. Everyone Every-one has them, and for many of you they revolve around food. I have enjoyed this month learning learn-ing more about many of you, and your Christmas Christ-mas memories memo-ries with food. We all have a spe cial place in our recipe box, for grandma's pie or mom's bread. There is always al-ways that one recipe that holds a special memory for us. This week's recipe and memory comes from Kaleen Jerman. She shares with us an amazing recipe full of mouthwatering mouth-watering ingredients and a memory that makes me want to be part of her family, if just for a day. The pomegranate and the cranberries together in the sal-' sal-' ad intrigued me. What a nice twist to a holiday salad. I know with the experiences (Stan) REPLACEMENT WINDOWS & DOORS 33 OFF SALE 1 1 .''29 UTAH TOLL FREE 888-201-7135 ST. GEORGE LOCATION 1435-705-0435 Licenced & Insured ' ) vfTD-l GGj ICQ WINTER S mSiOUm dkcount! nothing against double They were common in English writing well into the 1600s, and are still common in Modern English but only among the uneducated, and of course children, chil-dren, who seem to sense better how the double negative has always worked in English. Let's first get one linguistic myth out of the way: Etouble negatives do NOT make a positive. If a child says, "I don't have no pencil," nobody thinks he does have a pencil. (I use he advisedly here little boys generally speak "worse" grammar than do little girls.) The notion that two negatives make a positive (or "destroy one another," as one uninformed unin-formed 18th century grammarian gram-marian put it) probably came from using the logic of Latin. Many early grammarians considered con-sidered Latin and Greek to be "perfect" languages, and English, Eng-lish, a new kid on the block, a corrupt tongue. So if two negatives can make a positive in Latin, why not in English? Because English isn't Latin. I'm told that Spanish, Russian Rus-sian and some other languages still use multiple negatives. Perhaps readers can send me some examples. So the double negative in Holiday Cranberry Salad 1 bag fresh cranberries 11c. sugar 1 1 c. red grapes 1 1 pomegranate 1 12 c. pineapple tidbits I 14 c. walnuts or pecans 12 c. whipping cream Directions: Grind berries in any style food processor. Stir in sugar. Seal in a container and let stand overnight in the refrigerator. refrigera-tor. Next day, drain for 1 hour. Cut grapes in half, remove fruit seeds from the pomegranate, drain the pineapple and chop the ' nuts. Whip the cream and combine all together. Keep cool until time to serve. Add a little juice or more whipped cream if the salad appears too dry. Quick version: Skip the overnight process. Just cut everything up, stir in an 8 or 12 oz. Cool Whip and serve immediately. I have had, many people are uneasy about using a pomegranate. pome-granate. People are not sure how to cut them, seed them or buy them. This fruit may seem a bit exotic but it is delicious, easy to use and can be used in a variety of ways. To tell if a pomegranate is ripe, look for a beautiful shiny skin, pick it up and feel its weight. The heavier the better. Inside of a pomegranate pomegran-ate are hundreds of juice-like sacs that appear to look like seeds. The seeds are the part ) mm LIMI I CU I IMtz UNLY TRIPLE COAT LOW-E FOR MAXIMUM ENERGY EFFICIENCY! TILT IN WASH Qualifies For Energy Rebates Windows &Doors,inc. 801-223-7052 Free Estimates rockymountainwindows.com Commercial & Residential (firewood English still hangs around because it performs a long and useful function in the language: lan-guage: it emphasizes the negation, nega-tion, or it's just another way of meaning "not." It's too bad it became a no-no. In a couple of English expressions, two negatives do make a positive: "I just couldn't not go to the reception." recep-tion." In other words, I didn't have no choice I had to go. "It wasn't that I didn't want to go, but I had other plans." In other words, 1 did want to go but wasn't able to. One sort of double negative nega-tive remains common even in the mouths of many educated speakers: "I couldn't hardly breathe. 1 can't scarcely hear the speaker." This is a good example of how an illogical usage in the language becomes all but "correct" in speech. The "correct" "cor-rect" (and logical) expression, of course, is "I could hardly breathe. I can scarcely hear the speaker." Does "couldn't hardly" mean that you couldn't, or that you could? Most people hear, and accept, ac-cept, "couldn't," even though "couldn't," by forced logic, means you could. of the fruit you will eat. To remove the seeds in a simple way, simply cut the "crown" or the top of the fruit off and cut the pomegranate into 4 or 5 sections. Score the skin into quarters from the stem to the crown. Firmly but carefully break the sections apart using the score lines. Bend the skin back, trying to break away the pith (the white spongy tissue) tis-sue) and gently remove the seeds. Many people will eat the seeds, while others prefer 7 'Affordable i i m 1 I In1 V Tpedo Shouldn't Look like 77-7828 4 N. University Pkwy PrOVO (Brlghams landing) m mi mi tm tb Hit itmtfr i GROWING ; Retirement b not a time If 1 I ' mm. A Sucteuful Retirement Require! Distiplin - A common misconception is lhal as I withdraw my money in retirement my wealth must decline as well. This is false! 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Currently Offering Yearend Tax Planning Reviews negatives Maybe this is the time to emphasize that nearly every so-called grammatical error in English that offends all teachers teach-ers and most mothers and some fathers (and let's not forget for-get Grandma) was at one time standard, that is, correct, pi English. That's why these so-called so-called errors still hang around: ending a sentence with a preposition, prep-osition, who for whom, the split infinitive, disinterested for uninterested. The word healthful, meaning "rendering "render-ing health" has all but been replaced by healthy, meaning "having health," even in much serious writing. I tell students that healthful is a dying word. I Don Norton, is a retired BYV professor of English, the former chairman of the Orem Heritage Commission, and currently a researcher for the Library of Congress's Veterans History Project and BYU's partner program Saints at War. If you have a question or comment on usage, e-mail Don Norton at donnortonbyu.edu or send your questions to 399 E. State St., Pleasant Grove do Michael Rigert at the Orem Times. the tissue of the fruit around the seeds. It is all up to your taste buds. We all know that cranberries cranber-ries are healthy in many ways, so why not try this toothsome salad for the holiday season. Maybe it will become a tradition tradi-tion and a memory for you and those you love. Thanks to Kaleen and her family for sharing part of their lives with us. May they be blessed in the New Year. Kaleen Jerman writes: "Growing up, our favorite holiday recipe to help our mother make was this fresh cranberry salad. We loved to crush the cranberries in an old-fashioned hand grinder. grind-er. We could hear the berries pop and crackle as they got pulled through the metal spiral of the grinder. Even though it is much faster to chop the cranberries in any type of food processor today, my own children (even the boys) love to get out the old-fashioned hand grinder and crush the berries just as I did as a child. They also enjoy the novelty of opening open-ing a pomegranate and pulling out all those juicy little fruits. This is a nice change from the usual cranberry Jell-O salad sal-ad or fruit salad and because it is fresh, everyone loves it." Iti f mi WEALTH DURING YOUR GOLDEN YEARS to forget virhat afforded you the abtlhy to retire In the Crrt place - wealth generation! Obituaries Beth W. BethW. Mitchell, age 80, passed away on December 12, 2008 at the Orchard Park Care Center in Orem, Utah. She was born to Samuel LeRoy and Annie Margaret Mar-garet GiDen Williams on August 14, 1927 in Murray, Utah. She married Albert Wflf ord Mitchell on March 19, 1947 in Sandy, Utah and they were later sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on March 19, 1957. They are the parents par-ents of four children; Dale, Dean, David and Joyce. Beth was a devoted loving wife and mother and she enjoyed spending time with her family. fam-ily. She was active in the IDS Church and served as a Relief Society teacher, Secretary, on the Old Folks Committee, ward baptism coordinator and was a Vickie Lynn Ash Keele Vickie Lynn Ash Keele, 58, passed away Saturday, December Decem-ber 13, 2008, at the home of her sister in Layton. She fought a long courageous cou-rageous battle with cancer. She was born October 9th, 1950, in American Ameri-can Fork to Romell Ash & June Pearl West Ash. She married Jay Trinnaman and they later divorced. She married Lee Keele on June 3, 1980. Vickie was a person with a beautiful, good soul. She remained re-mained faithful to the Gospel throughout her life. 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She is survived by her husband hus-band of 62 years, trie love of her life, Albert and three sons; Dale (Karren), Dean (Gaylene), David (Renee), daughter; Joyce ( Russell) Rus-sell) Baum, 15 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, brother; Don (Elaine) Williams. Preceded in death by her parents, brothers; broth-ers; Elmo Williams, Rex Williams, Wil-liams, Roy Williams, sisters; Eva Belcher, Ella Broadhurst, and Dda Johnson and daughter-in-law Susan Mitchell. Funeral services were held Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 11.00 a.m. in the Lehi Stake Center, 200 North Center. Friends and family called Monday Mon-day evening from 6-8:00 p.m. at Wing Mortuary, 118 East Main, Lehi, Ut. and one hour prior to services at the Stake Center on Tuesday. Interment, Lehi City Cemetery. Online guest book at wingmortuary. com. The family would like to thank the wonderful staff at Orchard Park Care Center for all their loving care. time. She is survived by her brothers broth-ers and sisters. Dennis (Vicki) Ash, Santaquin; LaVee Harder, Springville; Connie and Dian Skinner, Layton; her children with Lee-Scott Keele, Phoenix, AZ. and Pam (Jim) Skelton, Cedar Hills, UT. She is also survived by her grandchildren Karlie, Kelsey, Mandy and Jessy, which were the joy of her life. She also loved sharing in the lives of her nephew Jeremy and niece Cassie Jo. She was preceded in death by her loving husband Lee and mother June. Graveside services will be held at 12 noon, Thursday, December De-cember 18, 2008, at Orem City Cemetery, 1520 North 800 East, Orem. Family and friends may call Thursday, from 10:45-11:45 a.m. at the Walker Sanderson Funeral Home, 646 East 800 North, Orem. Condolences may be sent to the family at: www.walkerfami-lymortuary.com. Is excited to announce its grand opening in Utah County. Hendricks and Larsen, P.C. is now accepting clients and looks forward to helping the local citizens with their legal needs. 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