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[(Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 14-Oct-04 Danny Sauer wrote:
> 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...".
> 
> --Danny

Beautifully done!
Ted.


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