Everyone one who's commented so far is just trying to keep this G-rated, right? I'm not the only one who thought "by yourself enjoyment" was a euphamism for... umm...err... Oh just admit it, you were all thinking what I was thinking!
little fish: um, yes. My post was meant to be a nod to the assumption that everyone was thinking that but maybe I didn't need to say it on a family website. But it was perhaps overly subtle.
❉ pixie ❉: The hyphen is arguably correct, as "by-yourself" is a compound modifier for the noun "enjoyment." If "by yourself" followed "enjoyment" ("hours of enjoyment by yourself"), it would be rendered without a hyphen, because it would be acting as a prepositional phrase.
IMMACULATE.
ReplyDeleteWow, now there's something I haven't seen in a long time...
ReplyDeleteIsn't the hyphen also unnecessary?
ReplyDelete"Don't wanna be ALL BY MYSEEEEEEELF!"
ReplyDeletei remember those books! we used to get them before every looong car trip.
ReplyDeleteEveryone one who's commented so far is just trying to keep this G-rated, right? I'm not the only one who thought "by yourself enjoyment" was a euphamism for... umm...err... Oh just admit it, you were all thinking what I was thinking!
ReplyDeletelittle fish: um, yes. My post was meant to be a nod to the assumption that everyone was thinking that but maybe I didn't need to say it on a family website. But it was perhaps overly subtle.
ReplyDeleteOh heck, I'll throw caution to the wind: Does it come with batteries?
ReplyDeletehahaha- i was thinking the same thing
ReplyDeleteI totally had one of these books when I was younger! Purely for the articles of course >.>
ReplyDelete❉ pixie ❉: The hyphen is arguably correct, as "by-yourself" is a compound modifier for the noun "enjoyment." If "by yourself" followed "enjoyment" ("hours of enjoyment by yourself"), it would be rendered without a hyphen, because it would be acting as a prepositional phrase.
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