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Thomas E.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 2:18 pm
Post subject: word order: "..., which will also be referred to as flea bag |
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Hi everyone,
I have a short question about the word order in the following sentence.
Is the part after the comma correct? I'm not sure.
I will talk about dogs, which will also be referred to as flea bags in
the following speech.
Thanks in advance
Tom |
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CyberCypher
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| Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:59 pm
Post subject: Re: word order: "..., which will also be referred to as flea |
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Thomas E. wrote on 08 Apr 2005:
| Quote: | I have a short question about the word order in the following
sentence. Is the part after the comma correct? I'm not sure.
I will talk about dogs, which will also be referred to as flea
bags in the following speech.
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Maybe yes, and maybe no. If you want to say "I will talk about dogs in
the following speech" --- although I wouldn't if I were you because if
you're about to speak there's no need to say "in the following speech
--- and then want to add something like "By the way, I refer to dogs as
flea bags in my speech", then you need a comma after "bags" because
your remark is parenthetical.
But it'd be much better to say something shorter and more pointed,
e.g., "Flea bags --- also known in some circles as 'dogs' --- are not
my favorite source of parasites."
Better yet, though, because you are probably a lover of those murderous
monsters known as "cats" in Kilbanistic circles, you probably ought to
say something to atone for your very existence, e.g., "I was going to
deliver a nasty speech about dogs, but I've had a change of heart and
repent of my bad opinion of them. Please excuse me while I go outside
and blow my head off for being such a fool."
--
Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor
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Bill Bonde ('by a commodi
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| Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:11 am
Post subject: Re: word order: "..., which will also be referred to as flea |
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"Thomas E." wrote:
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Hi everyone,
I have a short question about the word order in the following sentence.
Is the part after the comma correct? I'm not sure.
I will talk about dogs, which will also be referred to as flea bags in
the following speech.
Aren't you destroying the surprise of suddenly referring to man's best |
friend as a 'flea bag' actually in the speech when you tell us right
before the speech about how you are going to do that?
--
"When you pull a gun, kill a man."
-+John Ford, "My Darling Clementine" |
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