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

 

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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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