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Re: "Millions of people from every continent are connected to it
Subject:Re: "Millions of people from every continent are connected to it From:Timothy Schablin <timothy -at- ESKIMO -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 9 Dec 1994 10:50:21 -0800
I went to school in springfield.
Lets take a good look at the sentence -> millions of people are connected
to it.
Yes its fine, but "it" replaces "internet" . People are not physically
`connected' to the internet.
maybe a better way might be -> it has millions of users.
but who am I to say....
timothy.
On Thu, 8 Dec 1994, Vollbach, Elizabeth wrote:
> What? You say, "it" is the subject? How old are you, and where did
> you go to elementary school?
> This sentence is fine. But you're a little mixed up.
> I don't have the ability to diagram a sentence in my email, but
> perhaps someone else can show you that "millions" is the subject.
