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From: tmc@cbdkc1.att.com (Thomas M Cliff)
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 89 08:32:06 EDT

Path: cbnews!tmc
From: tmc@cbnews.ATT.COM (Thomas M. Cliff)
Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa
Subject: Re: KaTe and grammar
Date: 18 Aug 89 12:31:57 GMT
References: <1989Aug17.222455.16637@agate.berkeley.edu>
Reply-To: tmc@cbnews.ATT.COM (Thomas M. Cliff)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <1989Aug17.222455.16637@agate.berkeley.edu> Love-Hounds@GAFFA.MIT.EDU writes:
>Really-From: adams%bosco.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Jeffrey P. Adams)
>
>Okay, now we're up to three examples of Kate using improper grammar.
>Can we agree that, grammatical-wise [No flames - it's a joke.], she
>is not perfect?  No need to invent stories explaining the phenomena.
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Jeff Adams                 "Every jumbled pile of person has a thinking part
>adams@bosco.berkeley.edu    that wonders what the part that isn't thinking
>                            isn't thinking of."   -They Might Be Giants



I think it's interesting that the "They Might Be Giants" quote has a dangling
preposition.



Tom Cliff
Bell Labs