Brad,

How are they in "error"?

Marshall

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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brad Johnston
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 4:16 PM
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Subject: Norman Mailer

Of 300+ ATEGians, some few will be interested to know that in the first 21 pages of "The Executioner's Song", for which Norman Mailer won a Pulitzer in 1980, the word 'had' appears 98 times, of which 44 are used correctly as the past tense of the verb "to have", or in the past perfect, or in the subjunctive. The rest (54) are in error.

(Don't holler at me. Count 'em for yourself :)

.brad.19nov08.


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