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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Is this sentence grammatically correct? It sounds horrible to me

I just watched "Clerks 2" and have been arguing with a friend ever since. A sign in the movie says "We assure you we are re-open." I don't believe you can "re" a state of being, if that makes sense. I said the sign would be correct if it said "we are reopening" or "we have reopened."

Can anyone shed light on whether the original sentence is right or wrong, and why?

Thanks!
  

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I think you are correct, Anon, but I wouldn't lose any sleep over the original.

— Philip

  • I think you are correct, Anon, but I wouldn't lose any sleep over the original.
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I think you are correct, Anon, but I wouldn't lose any sleep over the original.
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It's technically not the greatest sentence ever written, but you have to remember that so many rules in the English language are bent and broken all the time. In some cases blunders may intentionally be used to enhance the verisimilitude of a sentence, etc.

Here though, the sign in question is a throw-back to the original film, where Dante uses shoe polish to make a sign that says, "I
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