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ours (is) not to reason why

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  • Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do or die —  is often heard, but is wrong. The lines from Tennyson’s Charge of the Light Brigade are Their’s not to reason why,/Their’s but to do and die. Note that the closing words do and die give the lines an entirely different sense from do or die.… …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do or die —    is often heard but is wrong. The lines from Tennyson s Charge of the Light Brigade are Their s not to reason why, / Their s but to do and die. Note that the closing words do and die give the lines an entirely different sense from do or die.… …   Dictionary of troublesome word

  • Theirs not to reason why/Their's but to do and die —    See Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do or die …   Dictionary of troublesome word

  • theirs not to reason why — theirs (or ours) not to reason why used to suggest that it is not someone s (or someone else s) place to question a situation or system Origin: with allusion to Tennyson s Charge of the Light Brigade (1854) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Lazy Reason — is a pejorative name for a logical argument which holds that since all events are predestined, it is not necessary to carefully deliberate about one s actions. Determinism is the philosophical proposition that every event, including human… …   Wikipedia

  • English translations of Asterix — All Asterix stories by Goscinny and Uderzo which have been officially translated into British English were translated by Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge. Their first volume was published in 1969. However there have been some additional… …   Wikipedia

  • possessives —    Problems with possessives are discussed in some detail in the Appendix under apostrophe, but three especially common faults are worth mentioning here.    1. Failure to put an apostrophe in the right place. This is particularly frequent with… …   Dictionary of troublesome word

  • possessives —  Problems with possessives are discussed in some detail in the Appendix under apostrophe, but three especially common faults are worth mentioning here.  1. Failure to put an apostrophe in the right place. This is particularly frequent with words… …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong — With allusion to ECCLESIASTES ix. 11 (AV) The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. 1632 BURTON Anatomy of Melancholy (ed. 4) II. iii. It is not honesty, learning, worth, wisdome, that preferres men, The race is not to the swift …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • List of the animals in the Bible — See main article Animals in the Bible. The following is a list of animals whose name appears in the Bible. Whenever required for the identification, the Hebrew name will be indicated, as well as the specific term used by Zoologists. This list… …   Wikipedia

  • Animals in the Bible — • The sacred books were composed by and for a people almost exclusively given to husbandry and pastoral life, hence in constant communication with nature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Animals in the Bible     Anima …   Catholic encyclopedia

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