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Lemonizer Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
including, but [is] not limited to,
Ok, I'm stumped. My boss feels that "is" is needed in this sentance:
People may be asked to do stuff, this includes, but is not limited to, doing X, Y, Z.
To my ear, the sentance sounds fine without "is."
Thoughts?
People may be asked to do stuff, this includes, but is not limited to, doing X, Y, Z.
To my ear, the sentance sounds fine without "is."
Thoughts?
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I'm afraid I would take sides with your boss, Lemonizer. However, if you reworded the sentence slightly, you would not need 'is': People may be asked to do stuff, including but not limited to X, Y and Z.
- I'm afraid I would take sides with your boss, Lemonizer.
- However, if you reworded the sentence slightly, you would not need 'is': People may be asked to do stuff, including but not limited to X, Y and Z.
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I'm afraid I would take sides with your boss, Lemonizer. However, if you reworded the sentence slightly, you would not need 'is':
People may be asked to do stuff, including but not limited to X, Y and Z.
People may be asked to do stuff, including but not limited to X, Y and Z.
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YankeeI'm afraid I would take sides with your boss, Lemonizer. However, if you reworded the sentence slightly, you would not need 'is':Amy,
People may be asked to do stuff, including but not limited to X, Y and Z.
Am I reading this thread right ? If my eyes don't deceive me, I believe the boss is the one insisting on "is" b
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LemonizerOk, I'm stumped. My boss feels that "is" is needed in this sentance:Please reread the original post as well as my first post, Goodman. Lemonizer apparently wanted to
People may be asked to do stuff, this includes, but is not limited to, doing X, Y, Z.
To my ear, the sentance sounds fine without "is."
Thoughts?
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Ok, my eyes did deceive me. .....I see it now, "include" vs "including". You are right!
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However, the boss doesn't get a free pass. The original construction is a comma splice: two independent clauses joined by a comma. You need to use either a period or a semi-colon between them.
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I agree with Grammar Geek. The sentence should read as follows:
"People may be asked to do stuff; this includes, but is not limited to, doing X, Y, Z."
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"People may be asked to do stuff. This includes, but is not limited to,
"People may be asked to do stuff; this includes, but is not limited to, doing X, Y, Z."
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"People may be asked to do stuff. This includes, but is not limited to,
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