Clever, but note that we can't say "The Giants washed the Patriots all
up" with anything but a literal meaning.  The idiom has to be passive.

 

Herb



 

From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brad Johnston
Sent: 2008-02-04 09:39
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Grammarians - fill this in for me, will you please?

 

Brad Johnston [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
wrote: 

I'd be surprised if there is not unanimity. But anything's possible, so
let's have a look.

Well, I am surprised.

 

They're all over the map.

 

They are not my sentences, by the way, so don't blame me for "After I
_______ (do) the washing-up". 

 

That's an expression a New York Giant might use today, since the
Patriots are now all washed up. 

 

.brad.04feb08.

  

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