Rush Right book

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by SureSister

I'm always looking to improve the content for the next edition of this book. I would welcome a note from you about the off-base advice. You can DM me here or send your thoughts to the general mail box at SureSister.com

I was referring to the advice here at GC, not the book!

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Okay, I have just have to ask this about SureSister's signature: In Panhellenic what?

Panhellenic is an adjective; it needs a noun to modify, but here it's just hanging out there on its own.

Sorry, but it's driving me just a little crazy.

I sometimes sign alumnae panhellenic correspondence with "Panhellenically yours".

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I sometimes sign alumnae panhellenic correspondence with "Panhellenically yours".

In that case, wouldn't "panhellenically" be an adjective? or something else? Where're my GC word nerds?

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I sometimes sign alumnae panhellenic correspondence with "Panhellenically yours".

Which, unlike "In Panhellenic," makes grammatical sense.

[Barbie's_Rush]

Originally Posted by SureSister

I'm always looking to improve the content for the next edition of this book. I would welcome a note from you about the off-base advice. You can DM me here or send your thoughts to the general mail box at SureSister.com

My advice to you would be to quit spamming and pay for real advertising, both here and on Facebook. Your constant posts on sorority Facebook pages make you look desperate.

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by AzTheta

In that case, wouldn't "panhellenically" be an adjective? or something else? Where're my GC word nerds?

It's a panhellenic take on "Sincerely yours", which works as a valediction, even if it does not lend itself to easy sentence diagramming.

[SWTXBelle]

FWIW - My A.P. sorority recruitment v.p. liked the book and we are having other in the Alumnae Panhellenic read it. The biggest thing it has going for it is a systematic, organized approach for the pnms to follow. The advantage it has over our beloved GC is everything is in one place, it goes step by step, and it makes the pnm think how she is going to distinguish herself from the dozens if not hundreds of pnms going through recruitment with her. Is it a must-have? Not necessarily, but it would be a godsend for many of those clueless pnms who flood the board in the summer.

[SureSister]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Okay, I have just have to ask this about SureSister's signature: In Panhellenic what?

Panhellenic is an adjective; it needs a noun to modify, but here it's just hanging out there on its own.

Sorry, but it's driving me just a little crazy.

MysticCat, thank you for your comment.

Like "rush," which is often used as both a noun and a verb, "Panhellenic" is commonly used as an adjective and, on many campuses, "Panhellenic" is used as a noun.

Perhaps these campuses take their lead from the National Panhellenic Conference? You'll find an example of the NPC using Panhellenic as a noun in it's 2010 Annual Report, see page 5.

https://www.npcwomen.org/resources/p...port_FINAL.pdf

[Gusteau]

Originally Posted by SureSister

MysticCat, thank you for your comment.

Like "rush," which is often used as both a noun and a verb, "Panhellenic" is commonly used as an adjective and, on many campuses, "Panhellenic" is used as a noun.

Perhaps these campuses take their lead from the National Panhellenic Conference? You'll find an example of the NPC using Panhellenic as a noun in it's 2010 Annual Report, see page 5.

https://www.npcwomen.org/resources/p...port_FINAL.pdf

LOL - If "Panhellenic" is used as a noun it colloquially refers to a campus governing body. It still doesn't justify your misuse of it in your signature, sorry.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by SureSister

MysticCat, thank you for your comment.

Like "rush," which is often used as both a noun and a verb, "Panhellenic" is commonly used as an adjective and, on many campuses, "Panhellenic" is used as a noun.

Perhaps these campuses take their lead from the National Panhellenic Conference? You'll find an example of the NPC using Panhellenic as a noun in it's 2010 Annual Report, see page 5.

https://www.npcwomen.org/resources/p...port_FINAL.pdf

"Panhellenic" is an adjective. The fact that "Panhellenic" is also used as a sort of adjectival noun -- which is nothing more than colloquial shorthand by using part of the name to mean the entire name, like calling some educational institutions simply "State" or "Tech" -- doesn't change the fact that it is an adjective.

Beside, as Gusteau says your example does nothing to support the use of "In Panhellenic." Your example of its use as a noun is the usage that means "Panhellenic Council." Are we supposed to interpret your valediction as meaning "In Council"?

Sorry, but unless you can find a credible example of "Panhellinic" being used to mean "Panhellenic Spirit" or something similar, I'm sticking with my opinion that "In Panhellenic" as a valediction looks .. well, stupid.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

"Panhellenic" is an adjective. The fact that "Panhellenic" is also used as a sort of adjectival noun -- which is nothing more than colloquial shorthand by using part of the name to mean the entire name, like calling some educational institutions simply "State" or "Tech" -- doesn't change the fact that it is an adjective.

Beside, as Gusteau says your example does nothing to support the use of "In Panhellenic." Your example of its use as a noun is the usage that means "Panhellenic Council." Are we supposed to interpret your valediction as meaning "In Council"?

Sorry, but unless you can find a credible example of "Panhellinic" being used to mean "Panhellenic Spirit" or something similar, I'm sticking with my opinion that "In Panhellenic" as a valediction looks .. well, stupid.

Love it that you are playing Hobbs to her Calvin.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Love it that you are playing Hobbs to her Calvin.

Well, she's weirding language. (Or should that be "she's making a weird"?)

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Well, she's weirding language. (Or should that be "she's making a weird"?)

Best part? I'm sure she cluelesses our posting subject.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

"Panhellenic" is an adjective. The fact that "Panhellenic" is also used as a sort of adjectival noun -- which is nothing more than colloquial shorthand by using part of the name to mean the entire name, like calling some educational institutions simply "State" or "Tech" -- doesn't change the fact that it is an adjective.

Beside, as Gusteau says your example does nothing to support the use of "In Panhellenic." Your example of its use as a noun is the usage that means "Panhellenic Council." Are we supposed to interpret your valediction as meaning "In Council"?

Sorry, but unless you can find a credible example of "Panhellinic" being used to mean "Panhellenic Spirit" or something similar, I'm sticking with my opinion that "In Panhellenic" as a valediction looks .. well, stupid.

I agree with you. I wonder if it's an extension of the "In Sigma" or "In *letter here*" that I've seen. But in those cases the recipients know what it stands for and whether the wording is appropriate or makes sense, versus Panhellenic which does not.

[exlurker]

Originally Posted by SureSister

. . . You'll find an example of the NPC using Panhellenic as a noun in it's 2010 Annual Report, see page 5. . . .

https://www.npcwomen.org/resources/p...port_FINAL.pdf

Not that I have much room to talk; I've had my share of typos, grammar breakdowns, and such. I just thought I'd boldface the "it's" as a reminder:
it's = contraction of "it is;" its = possessive, "belonging to it."

That's right. One more thing that Spellcheck won't normally catch.