Re: Grammaticaly correct sentences (or not...)

On 24 Mar, 17:26, "Ildhund" <jn...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Molly Mockford" <nospamnob...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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At 11:58:04 on Mon, 24 Mar 2008, myname <lslf...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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9) It is Mel that Leslie seems to want to give a book to
9. Incorrect order - try "It is Mel to whom Leslie seems to want to give a
book"

I would say that your correction of no. 9 is the sort of language up with
which Churchill refused to put.
--
Noel

Churchill might have given us a foot-in-the-mouth response!
.

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