Re: about antecedents

"UC" <uraniumcommitteechairman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
dontbother wrote:
[...]
By the way, I think your analysis and rewrite of the sentence was
excellent, and better than mine, but don't read anything more into
that statement.

Why do you think I am here?

I have no idea why you're here. You're certainly not here to help
anyone with their English. You're too much a martinet and dogmatist for
that. You do like to strut and fret a bit, and that probably doesn't
convince anyone that you're here for any reason other than to put
yourself on parade.

I am sick and tired of the kind of crap English I see.

As are we all.

This blurb was typical.

True enough, but it was clearly enough written to allow all of us to
understand it. That's a start. I have trouble with some of the
sentences my clients write. They're all native speakers of Chinese and
sometimes come up with real lulus.

--
Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor
Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan.
Unmunged email: /at/easypeasy.com
"Impatience is the mother of misery."
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