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

Thank God it's Friday!!!
 
Regards,

Warren 


 

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Sent: Friday, 17 April 2009 13:56
To: Austechwriter
Subject: atw: Re: "50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice"


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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