Perhaps the author objects to the passive voice (although I'm not sure what the justification would be if the sentence is in isolation)? By the way, a Google search of the sentence shows several sites, including the Keeneshaw Chamber of Commerce, using that wording. The natives don't seem to object! John On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Hancock, Craig G <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > It's also possible that "Peninsula" connotes "surrounded on three > sides," so this would be mildly redundant. "The Keeneshaw Peninsula juts > into Lake Superior" or "is bounded by Lake superior." Something like that > would be cleaner. > It seems to me more and more that handbooks are in the business of > discovering error in the same way that drug companies are in the business of > discovering new diseases. At a certain point, it becomes self serving (to > the companies) and dangerous to the public, complete with serious side > effects. > The best way to avoid error is to shut up or die. > We should declare a moratorium on error and invent something comparable > to holistic medicine. > Holistic grammar? It might get attention. > Craig > > ________________________________________ > From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar [ > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carol Morrison [ > [log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 10:32 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Word usage problem? > > The only explanation we could *come* up with...(sorry!) > > --- On Thu, 9/29/11, Carol Morrison <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > From: Carol Morrison <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Word usage problem? > To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Thursday, September 29, 2011, 10:08 AM > > Dear List Members: > > This morning in class, the students and I came across a sentence in their > grammar handbook that apparently contains a misusage of some sort that we > could not identify: > > The Keweenaw Peninsula is surrounded on three sides by Lake Superior. > > The only explanation we could some up with is that "three sides" should be > replaced with "all sides" because a peninsula only has three sides and an > isthmus. Or does it have two sides? > > Best- > > Carol > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface > at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or > leave the list" > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface > at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or > leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface > at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html > and select "Join or leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > -- -- John To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/