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Geoff Layton
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:06:49 -0500
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[log in to unmask]Subject: Re: 'Bad' English
To:
[log in to unmask]Brad, you're not alone. I wondered about #4 as well. Maybe there is an objection to using "had to"? But what is the other option in the past tense since there is no past for "must" in modern English? I suppose "were were forced to" but that gives a much more passive meaning. Perhaps the author objects to fronting the adverb phrase?
John
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Brad Layton
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I'm reluctant to place my ignorance on public display :) , but ...
What is "incorrect" about #4?
(4) Due to the rain, we had to cancel the
picnic.
Thanks,
Brad Layton
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From: Scott Catledge <
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Subject: 'Bad' English
Trask in his Why do Languages Change includes
(p. 10) nine sentences that he considered would be or shortly
become
accepted as "normal English grammar." One of the
sentences (number seven) is strictly conversational and unlikely
to be encountered in normal writing: I consider the
other eight to have egregious errors. What do you think?
(1) I recommend you to take the job.
(2) He demanded that the agitators were
arrested.
(3) This is just between you and I.
(4) Due to the rain, we had to cancel the
picnic.
(5) This paper was written by Susie and myself.
(6) Please come between eight a.m. to six
p.m.
(7) If he'd've played, we would have won.
(8) He makes tedious
jokes about mother-in-laws.
(9) Having said that, there is no feasible
alternative.
Scott Catledge
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