I sooo want this to be true.....

[spud989]

BliarOut said:

spud989 said:

forsure said:

I was worried there for a moment; surely there should be a comma after 'husband'.

Afraid not.

A comma there would indicate a subordinate clause nestled nicely in the middle of the sentence. The golden rule in such a scenario is that the sentence is understandable without the clause.

Holly Willoughby has exposed the racy secrets that spice up her love life, which include going on date nights with her husband wearing nothing but a coat.

would become

Holly Willoughby has exposed the racy secrets that spice up her love life wearing nothing but a coat.

And, of course, this cannot be correct because that would imply that at the time she revealed the secrets she was wearing nothing but a coat - and thus the meaning is lost.

In fact, if it were to be written as:

Holly Willoughby has exposed the racy secrets that spice up her love life, which include going on date nights with her husband, wearing nothing but a coat.

then it would indicate that the 'racy secret' mentioned is nothing more than going on a date night with her husband! Not exactly pushing HMS Decency out to sea.

For further reading have a look at relative clauses (both restrictive and non-restrictive).

Don't splice your sentences, Pistonheaders!

Yours in linguistic geekery,

Not bad for fifteen months

Haha, I've been reading for longer than that!

(And my love of language nonsense extends back to school! Still, it feels good to be in a castle of pedantry! )

[B.J.W]

Blown2CV said:

i believe her fellah is quite a normal looking chap too... not the sort you would expect to be with a bird like that

Must be missing something here. Pleasant enough to look at, but I see plenty just like her on a daily basis.
Could it be that her fellah is quite a normal looking chap because, well, she is fairly normal looking?

Now this is more like it...

Edited by B.J.W on Wednesday 14th July 18:09

[Johnny Drama]

Some of you guys must have a funny definition of a husky voice.
Honor Blackman, Mariella Frostrup, and even Vicky Butler-Henderson (when she isn't squeeling) are examples of classically husky voiced females. Holly Willoughby's voice could never be defined as husky.

Waitrose is a good bet if you like the 'mumsy' look too

[Blown2CV]

I mean, I don't think she is amazing, but i would smash her back doors in and paint them on the way out... but all of this "yea that's not a hot woman, THIS is a hot woman" thing is a bit tossery? A bit like jumping on a thread and saying "yea your car is st, look at this picture of mine - now THAT'S a car". Logically if you pick any woman in the world (bar one) there were always be a more attractive one somewhere, and not only that but attraction is also totally subjective.