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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Proper syntax and grammar
I need an expert. Both my friend and I are prospective "know-it-all"s when it comes to English usage. One of us used the following sentence in conversation and was corrected by the other. Is this sentence proper or not?
Since I will not be taking my desk when I first go to Texas, I will be bringing it back with me when I return to Texas from my next visit back to Vegas.
If you answer, will you please include a cogent reason and a few credentials(e.g.: I've been a college English professor for 5 years and have a degree in English Liturature from Cambridge University), as neither of us are easily convinced and I'm a little bit more than eccentric.
Thank you all, in advance, for your help.
Since I will not be taking my desk when I first go to Texas, I will be bringing it back with me when I return to Texas from my next visit back to Vegas.
If you answer, will you please include a cogent reason and a few credentials(e.g.: I've been a college English professor for 5 years and have a degree in English Liturature from Cambridge University), as neither of us are easily convinced and I'm a little bit more than eccentric.
Thank you all, in advance, for your help.
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As spoken English, it's fine. Cogent reason: it communicates the point-- and it doesn't even break any laws of grammar. Degrees in English Lit do not make linguistic experts; eccentricity is counterproductive, too.
- As spoken English, it's fine.
- Cogent reason: it communicates the point-- and it doesn't even break any laws of grammar.
- Degrees in English Lit do not make linguistic experts; eccentricity is counterproductive, too.
- My credentials are strewn throughout the English Forums website.
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As spoken English, it's fine. Cogent reason: it communicates the point-- and it doesn't even break any laws of grammar. Degrees in English Lit do not make linguistic experts; eccentricity is counterproductive, too.
My credentials are strewn throughout the English Forums website.
My credentials are strewn throughout the English Forums website.
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It strikes me as grammatically correct, but semantically a tangle.
I kept imagining where you were and where the desk was, and both seemed to keep switching from Texas to Vegas to somewhere else. I ended up not sure at all where either you or the desk was finally going to come to rest!
I kept imagining where you were and where the desk was, and both seemed to keep switching from Texas to Vegas to somewhere else. I ended up not sure at all where either you or the desk was finally going to come to rest!
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