Örn Hansen wrote:
torsdag 14 oktober 2004 23:20 skrev Danny Sauer:
Don wrote regarding 'Re: [SLE] Believe this ?? OT' on Thu, Oct 14 at 12:00:
Well, there you go, "pre-ordering" stuff. Shame on you! The Grammar Patrol will be around soon to see you. :D
Get on the floor and place your hands behind your back. The modifier "soon" should not come between the infinitive phrase and the verb phrase that the infinitive phrase is modifying. "Soon" would more appropriately be placed directly ahead of the verb phrase, as in "Soon, the Grammar Patrol will be around to..." or "The Grammar Patrol will soon be around to...".
Actually, I think he merely forgot a comma "The Grammar Patrol will be around soon, to ...".
Stop, please stop! Yo guys are giving me nightmarish flashbacks to high school grammar with Sister Mary Catherine! Passing by putting the apostrophe over the "s" and getting credit for it being correct, because I didn't remember the rule for where it belonged in that context, still stands as one of those small miracles in my life! Yeah, I know, I probably dangled or mangled a participle in that paragraph ... whatever a participle is! ;-) -- Thanks! & 73, doc kd4e West Central Florida 100% Linux. Suse 9.1 Drake, Hallicrafters, Heathkit, TenTec, Yaesu Radio Life: http://www.gospelcom.net/twr/ Linux-Incompatible hardware is defective! "...a plan is not a litany of complaints." USA Pres. Election 2004: http://www.rnc.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~