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I never intended my reply to young Masataka's post to develop into a
contest of right and wrong English structure and composition.

My intention was to point out to the writer that his/her post was not
up to English 100 standards.  Considering the context of the posting,
it would have been appropriate for his/her composition to be prepared
with a little more care.

Frankly, language is always in transition and the best composition is
not classically correct, but easy to read and understand.

Additionally, most professional writers tend to compose in style and
as such is rarely classically correct.

Fundamentally, English composition should be simple, to the point,
clear and easy to read.

G. WHizz
Class of '69 Drop Out.


On Sun, 11 Oct 1998 21:42:28 -0400, Laura Beaudin
<khaleeka@m1.sprynet.com> wrote:

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>G. Whizz wrote:
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>> On Sun, 11 Oct 1998 11:52:00 GMT, xcx666@freenet.carleton.ca (Donald
>> J. Dickson) wrote:
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>> >In article <36202b65.44555908@news.intouch.bc.ca>, gwhizz@rocketmail.com wrote:
>> >
>> >Big snip
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>> >>
>> >> My suggestions and edits are as follows;
>> >>
>> >> The University of British Columbia, The University of Victoria and
>> >> community colleges in BC, where most Asians Students reside, requires
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>> >Plural subjects require the plural verb- "require" not "requires"
>>
>> Oops. you are quite correct, thank you.
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>> >
>> Actually, you are wrong.  CHeck your grammar, when there is an enumeration, the
>> verb congugates with the FIRST noun...being requires.. And that is basic college
>> english.  Get your facts straight before you criticize
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