Re: and then

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

JWilcox -at- zetron -dot- com wrote:
> Bonnie wrote:
>
>> People who read instructions and notice incorrect grammar often
>> conclude that the instructions cannot be trusted -- because the
>> writer hasn't even mastered how to write a proper English sentence.
>
> Shouldn't that be "the writer hasn't even mastered the proper writing
> of a sentence in English"? After all, the verb "master" needs a noun
> as an object, not an adverb, and sentences don't have citizenship.
>

LOL. John, I see what you are saying, but "how to write a proper English
sentence" is the object of "mastered."

> "The great thing about standards is there are so many to choose
> from." -- Douglas Adams
>
> (We love you, Bonnie. Hang in there. :)
>
>

I love you, too, John. ; )

Bonnie Granat
www.GranatEdit.com
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Mobile: 617-319-7461
Office: 617-354-7084



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