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Re: Dorky grammar question

Subject: Re: Dorky grammar question
From: dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 18:15:20 -0700


Gene Kim-Eng wrote:


...The phrase itself describes the manner in which the rules
are used.

I disagree.

Context really matters; otherwise, computers could do our job.


From: <dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com>
> [If] "rules that define the widget" is the object of the preposition,
> [then] "define" must agree with "rule."

And in this case "set of" needs to be deleted

It *needs* to be deleted? That's an editorial decision, and your stylistic preferences may not be the same as hers or those of her client or employer.

We don't all work for the same people. We don't all write the same kind of documents. What's right for you may not be right for others.

I still believe we can't make the call without seeing the complete sentence, possibly even the surrounding sentences as well. There may be cases where "set of" (or "collection of" or "array of" or something similar) is absolutely appropriate, perhaps even necessary.

Without context, all we can do is offer guidelines and guess at the best solution.

--David

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RE: Re: Dorky grammar question: From: Tammy Lloyd
Re: Dorky grammar question: From: dmbrown
Re: Dorky grammar question: From: Gene Kim-Eng

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