It's grammatically wrong, but my co-workers are a-ok with it. They're calling it a "grammatical shortcut." <ick shiver> From: Kirby Gilman <kirby.gilman@xxxxxxx> To: mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: 2012-01-12 04:14 PM Subject: [mea] Re: Are you ok with this sentence? Sent by: mea-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 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 > > > > > I would object to a sentence of that > construction, which I believe are incorrect in any context. > > > 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." > > > (From 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. > > > > > > > > "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or > privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose > of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended > recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and > then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your > cooperation."