Re: Correct Grammar

Subject: Re: Correct Grammar
From: Joanna Sheldon <cjs10 -at- CORNELL -dot- EDU>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 21:14:06 -0500

Bill writes:

The interrupting
>phrase is an embedded clause, so it's condensed from a more basic form--
>possibly "when they had victory in sight." Obviously such a clause would
>disrupt the smooth unmetered flow, so the author chose to embed this
>information in a form that would still make sense grammatically.


Not only that, but you'd still need the "who," so you'd have: "Who, when
they had victory in sight..." Blech. Right? "With" takes care of the
phrase "when they had" very neatly. ...JS


The poem:

>"On the beach of indecision
>lay the bleached bones of thousands
>Who with victory in sight
>Sat down to think about it"


Joanna Sheldon
Technical Writer, Translator
(French, German, Italian)
cjs10 -at- cornell -dot- edu

"One must never let a euphemism or a false consolation pass uncontested."
Christopher Hitchens


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