atw: Re: "50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice"

From: Stuart Burnfield <slb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Austechwriter <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:55:51 +0800 (WST)

Well that would explain why he was irritated by 'be clear' and 'omit needless 
words'... 

> "The basic meaning of the progressive is to present the the 
> situation as being in progress, but the general meaning tends 
> to interact with features relating to the kind of situation being 
> described to yield a more specific interpretation, a more 
> specific zzzzzzzzz............ (thud)"

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