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Article #3848Re: Stupid people on Mt. Vernon Trail
From: Michael Malak
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 00:00
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 00:00
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In article <A0QF4.2602$xv.188286@typhoon2.gnilink.net>, spam@admin.u.nu (Miguel Cruz) wrote: > Miguel Cruz <spam@admin.u.nu> wrote: > > I have found that stopping, and - with a pleasant smile - > > explaining exactly *why* a particular behavior (I usually do this > > with people who walk 2x2 on the left side) is dangerous, primarily > > for them as well as for others. I've yet to get cussed out or > > otherwise experience a negative reaction. > > P.S. Anyone who can diagram that as if it were a sentence wins 10 > points. There is no verb in the direct object clause. "stopping and explaining" is the subject of the direct object clause, but there is no corresponding verb. The "is" is the verb of the adverb clause that modifies "explaining". -- Michael Malak malak@claygency.com Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10e8b3,7a606bfcf4b7a297 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e8b3,public From: Michael Malak <malak@claygency.com> Subject: Re: Stupid people on Mt. Vernon Trail Date: 2000/04/03 Message-ID: <8c91ta$n34$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Deja-AN: 605880360 References: <8bm74j$bm9@journal.concentric.net> <38DEA704.11BD47B5@flashcom.net> <50QF4.2601$xv.188136@typhoon2.gnilink.net> <A0QF4.2602$xv.188286@typhoon2.gnilink.net> X-Http-Proxy: 1.1 x38.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 207.176.4.205 Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy. X-Article-Creation-Date: Mon Apr 03 03:07:34 2000 GMT X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDmichaelmalak Newsgroups: dc.biking X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT)