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Jong Jin Park
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| Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:52 pm
Post subject: right usage |
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What is the right one?
a. Robin forced the sheriff go.
b. Napoleon forced Josephine to go.
c. The devil made Faust go.
d. He passed by a large pile of money.
e. He came by a large sum of money.
f. He came a large sum of money by.
g. Did in a corner little Jack Horner sit?
h. Elizabeth is resembled by Charles.
i. Nancy is eager to please.
j. It is easy to frighten Emily.
k. It is eager to love a kitten.
l. That birds can fly amazes.
m. The fact that you are late to class is surprising.
n. Has the nurse slept the baby yet?
o. I was surprised for you to get married.
p. I wonder who and Mary went swimming.
q. Myself bit John.
r. What did Alice eat the toadstool with?
s. What did Alice eat the toadstool and?
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raymond o'hara
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| Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 10:36 pm
Post subject: Re: right usage |
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"Jong Jin Park" <doublej80kr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | What is the right one?
a. Robin forced the sheriff go.
okay |
b. Napoleon forced Josephine to go.
okay
| Quote: | c. The devil made Faust go.
okay |
| Quote: | d. He passed by a large pile of money.
okay, but most people would stop and take some
e. He came by a large sum of money. |
okay.,
| Quote: | f. He came a large sum of money by.
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incorrect,
| Quote: | g. Did in a corner little Jack Horner sit?
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"Did little Jack Horner sit in a corner?" is better
| Quote: | h. Elizabeth is resembled by Charles.
Charles resembles Elizabeth, is better. |
| Quote: | i. Nancy is eager to please.
okay
j. It is easy to frighten Emily.
okay |
| Quote: | k. It is eager to love a kitten.
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clunky ,except if your talking about Cousin It on the Addams Family. People
aren't it's , "he or she is eager to love a kitten". which is still an odd
construct
l. That birds can fly amazes.
Incomplete, amazes who?
| Quote: | m. The fact that you are late to class is surprising.
okay
n. Has the nurse slept the baby yet?
incorrect,you can't "sleep" a baby. Has the nurse put the baby to bed yet? |
..> o. I was surprised for you to get married.
incorrect, I was surprised you got married'
| Quote: | p. I wonder who and Mary went swimming.
incorrect, clunky, I wonder who Mary went swinning with? |
| Quote: | q. Myself bit John.
incorrect, I bit John. |
| Quote: | r. What did Alice eat the toadstool with?
okay |
| Quote: | s. What did Alice eat the toadstool and?
incorrect |
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david56
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| Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 10:51 pm
Post subject: Re: right usage |
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raymond o'hara typed thus:
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"Jong Jin Park" <doublej80kr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:2qivd4F102bjeU1@uni-berlin.de...
What is the right one?
a. Robin forced the sheriff go.
okay
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raymond has misread - this needs a "to".
Robin forced the sheriff to go.
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David
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Harvey Van Sickle
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| Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 10:53 pm
Post subject: Re: right usage |
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On 12 Sep 2004, raymond o'hara wrote
| Quote: | "Jong Jin Park" <doublej80kr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:2qivd4F102bjeU1@uni-berlin.de...
What is the right one?
a. Robin forced the sheriff go.
okay
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You might want to re-consider that one...
(Unless I'm misunderstanding the sentence, "Robin forced the sheriff
go" isn't found in any form of standard English.)
--
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 22 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey.news to harvey.van) |
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raymond o'hara
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| Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 11:06 pm
Post subject: Re: right usage |
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"david56" <bass.c.voice@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1bae8ef6ebed422a98a7f3@news.individual.net...
| Quote: | raymond o'hara typed thus:
"Jong Jin Park" <doublej80kr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:2qivd4F102bjeU1@uni-berlin.de...
What is the right one?
a. Robin forced the sheriff go.
okay
raymond has misread - this needs a "to".
Robin forced the sheriff to go.
--
David
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Right , i missed there was no to. |
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CB
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 1:53 am
Post subject: Re: right usage |
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"raymond o'hara" <reoh@comcast.net> wrote in message
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"david56" <bass.c.voice@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1bae8ef6ebed422a98a7f3@news.individual.net...
raymond o'hara typed thus:
"Jong Jin Park" <doublej80kr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:2qivd4F102bjeU1@uni-berlin.de...
What is the right one?
a. Robin forced the sheriff go.
okay
raymond has misread [*] - this needs a "to".
Robin forced the sheriff to go.
--
David
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Right , i missed there was no to.
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* For this type of error, I suggest the technical term "blinko". CDB |
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meirman
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 2:16 am
Post subject: Re: right usage |
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In alt.english.usage on Sun, 12 Sep 2004 17:06:03 GMT "raymond o'hara"
<reoh@comcast.net> posted:
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"david56" <bass.c.voice@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1bae8ef6ebed422a98a7f3@news.individual.net...
raymond o'hara typed thus:
"Jong Jin Park" <doublej80kr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:2qivd4F102bjeU1@uni-berlin.de...
What is the right one?
a. Robin forced the sheriff go.
okay
raymond has misread - this needs a "to".
Robin forced the sheriff to go.
--
David
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Right , i missed there was no to.
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Much better: I missed that there was no to.
"That" can often be omitted (if it doesn't make the sentence unclear
or awkward) but not here.
s/ meirman If you are emailing me please
say if you are posting the same response.
Born west of Pittsburgh Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis, 7 years
Chicago, 6 years
Brooklyn NY 12 years
Baltimore 20 years |
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raymond o'hara
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 2:26 am
Post subject: Re: right usage |
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"CB" <bellecd@sprint.ca> wrote in message
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"raymond o'hara" <reoh@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:%l%0d.78183$3l3.25362@attbi_s03...
"david56" <bass.c.voice@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1bae8ef6ebed422a98a7f3@news.individual.net...
raymond o'hara typed thus:
"Jong Jin Park" <doublej80kr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:2qivd4F102bjeU1@uni-berlin.de...
What is the right one?
a. Robin forced the sheriff go.
okay
raymond has misread [*] - this needs a "to".
Robin forced the sheriff to go.
--
David
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Right , i missed there was no to.
* For this type of error, I suggest the technical term "blinko". CDB
Cool , now let's get it into usage. |
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