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- From: slagle@lmsc.lockheed.com (Mark Slagle)
- Subject: Re: Ex-presidents' titles and adverbs of location
- Message-ID: <SLAGLE.92Jul23140228@sgi417.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com>
- Reply-To: slagle@lmsc.lockheed.com
- In-reply-to: sav@nanette.sni.de's message of 23 Jul 92 06:02:36 GMT
- Sender: news@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com (News)
- Organization: You wouldn't ask this if you'd seen my desk.
- References: <1992Jul15.213127.18938@oracorp.com> <144agsINN8cl@agate.berkeley.edu>
- <1992Jul16.185041.2914@desire.wright.edu>
- <1992Jul17.024432.4139@news.eng.convex.com>
- <1992Jul17.150134.2935@desire.wright.edu> <sav.711871356@nanette>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 21:02:33 GMT
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- First order modifications follow. Recasting may
- be in order in some cases.
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- In article <sav.711871356@nanette>, sav@nanette.sni.de (Dr.Savory) writes:
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- > Jane, whose house I was sick at.
-
- Jane, at whose house I was sick.
-
- > The burglary you were caught at.
-
- The burglary at which you were caught.
-
- [Perhaps "at" should be "in", though, since it's an act not
- a location.]
-
- > The time I was hurt at, doesn't matter to the insurance company.
-
- The time at which I was hurt doesn't matter...
-
- [no comma is required in either case]
-
- > How's 'at?
-
- On this one, it's not too clear where you're at.
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