Herb wrote ...
it may well be time for this discussion with Brad to continue off-list.
... and Brad replies ...
Thank you Herb. I will be pleased to continue off-line with anyone who cares to pursue the subject of the misuse of the past perfect, which is the sole object of my (grammar) passion. I am, in reply to Craig's lament, an expert, a tightly-focused
expert, on a very narrow slice of the whole, by virtue of diligent study for a number of years and hundreds of references and interactions with authors, writers and teachers, all focused on the use and misuse of the past perfect.
The door at [log in to unmask] is open, even if you don't say things exactly the way I might want you to say them. Don't worry. My welcome mat is as wide as it is long.
"Before I go", he added, stepping nimbly aside, "let me leave this one with you."
My caption reads: If you
don't know what's the matter with this cartoon, you have to repeat 5th grade.
(If you don't see a cartoon below, try clicking on "reply" as if to send it all back to me. It may appear. That sometimes works.)
.byebye.brad.21feb08.
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