[mea] Re: Are you ok with this sentence?
- From: Byron Rempel-Burkholder <brempelburkholder@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:11:08 -0600
Or: take out the "which":
"Burke tore a vertebral artery, located."
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Of Ben Davies
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 4:58 PM
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Subject: [mea] Re: Are you ok with this sentence?
I thought the exact same thing.
I think using "a" leaves the door open for interpretation. When I say I tore
a ligament in my ankle, it does not mean it's the only ligament in my ankle.
It just means I tore one. I could have 100, but that is not the point of the
statement.
If the sentence said "Burke tore the vertebral artery, which is located."
then it would obviously be incorrect.. J
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Sent: January-12-12 4:51 PM
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Grammatically correct, yes. But there are many vertebral arteries, so I have
a problem with the accuracy of saying A vertebral artery which IS located...
But could just be me being tired and listening to a crazy-making discussion
about "grammatical shortcuts." I need a drink.
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2012-01-12 04:36 PM
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How is it misleading?
Burke tore a vertebral artery, which is located in the neck and supplies
blood to the brainstem...
Is that grammatically incorrect? To me it is perfectly clear.
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I agree with your first point but disagree with sentence #2, which is
misleading. You could say that the one she tore is located... and
supplies... but you couldn't say she tore "a vertebral artery" followed by
"which is located...".
Yes? No?
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For the context of the story, it is irrelevant that the body has more than
one vertebral artery..
Burke tore a vertebral artery, which is located ... and supplies .
Ben
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Sent: January-12-12 4:23 PM
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Burke tore one of his vertebral arteries, which are located...
SP
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From: <mailto:cheri.frazer@xxxxxxxxxx> cheri.frazer@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:32:53 -0600
"Burke tore a vertebral artery, which are located in the neck and supply
blood to the brainstem - the back part of the brain which controls
consciousness."
(From
<http://www.cbc.ca/sports/skiing/story/2012/01/12/sp-burke-skiing-injury.htm
l>
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/skiing/story/2012/01/12/sp-burke-skiing-injury.html
)
Would you consider that construction perfectly ok, a colloquialism /
grammatical shortcut, or would you consider it wrong no matter what?
Just curious.
-C.
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