Well, I'm reading Shelby Foote's terrific narrative of the Civil War,
and in one spot, after telling what Yancey said about a certain subject,
Foote says, "Thus Yancey." The "thus" is an adverb, and the rest of the
sentence has an understood verb, such as "Thus [spoke] Yancey . . ."
Hence John's sample sentence, eh?

 

Tim

 

Timothy D. Hadley

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English Department

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Springfield, MO 65897

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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Crow
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 3:09 AM
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Subject: What Is This?

 

In a very well-supported response to Nancy's inquiry about Master's
Degree, Bill wrote the following sentence:

Part of the dynamic has to do with who is using which version, hence my
attempt to focus on
"mainstream" institutions (emphasis added).

I find the sentence perfectly well formed, but I cannot figure out what
the underlined part is.  Any ideas? 

John
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