Comments on: Time to Judge New Construction

By: bogfrog

bogfrog — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:56:48 +0000

I like El Puma!
And you are correct about “were”: if + imperfect, then + conditional

By: El Puma

El Puma — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:37:40 +0000

I like grammar as I am in the process of improving my skills in the English language. Shouldn’t it be “if it WERE painted” instead of “if it WAS painted?” Just a question…

Cheers,

El Puma latino

By: Perplexed

Perplexed — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:51:54 +0000

Anon@3:48:

Was your last sentence a question? It’s hard to understand when you use incorrect punctuation. ;0)

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:48:39 +0000

DCGodiva – I assume you were being ironic when you mentioned that your pet PEEVE is proper spelling. Also, on this side of the pond, the second quotation mark goes outside of the punctuation. See how annoying unrequested grammatical and spelling critiques are for other readers.

By: loganmo

loganmo — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:48:45 +0000

Classic case of why we should not tryo to make new contruction “fit in” or blend with the extant architecture of the neighborhood. This townhome is obviously new, and not 80-100 years old like its neighboors. If it is going to stick out like a sore thumb, at least give it style, personality, and class.

By: DCGodiva

DCGodiva — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:06:54 +0000

I like it, on its own. Unfortunately, it does not blend well with this particular row of houses. Also, just wanted to mention a personal “pet” peave. Um, proper spelling and use of the word “too”. I hope you do not take offense, because I love your blog!

By: ColorMePetworth

ColorMePetworth — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:25:21 +0000

Thumbs down

By: ShermanCircle

ShermanCircle — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:46:24 +0000

Like a bookshelf full of similarly sized and bound, with one sticking out much farther, with an entirely different binding. Not a bad house, but out appears of context with the row.

By: Dan Miller

Dan Miller — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:34:30 +0000

You know, I’ll take Melanie’s word for it, but from the photo, it looks like that yard on the left of the photo could seriously use some trees.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:32:47 +0000

I am pretty this house is nextdoor to someone I know. It’s on 13th a couple blocks north of U street. If it’s the one I’m thinking of, I’m not really a fan. Having the front stick out like that is kind of fugly. It’s divided into 4 units.