[mea] Re: Are you ok with this sentence?

It's grammatically wrong, but my co-workers are a-ok with it. They're 
calling it a "grammatical shortcut." 

<ick shiver>




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Date:
2012-01-12 04:14 PM
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[mea] Re: Are you ok with this sentence?
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Sounds off - not sure about grammatically correct or not.
----- Original Message -----
From: Karen McElrea <karenmcelrea@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, January 12, 2012 4:04 pm
Subject: [mea] Re: Are you ok with this sentence?
To: mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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> I would object to a sentence of that
> construction, which I believe are incorrect in any context.
> 
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> To: mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mea] Are you ok with this sentence?
> From: 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."
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> (From http://www.cbc.ca/sports/skiing/story/2012/01/12/sp-burke-
> skiing-injury.html)
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> 
> Would you consider that construction
> perfectly ok, a colloquialism / grammatical shortcut, or would 
> you consider
> it wrong no matter what?
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> 
> Just curious.
> 
> -C.
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