[78-L] Grammatically incorrect
David Lennick
dlennick at sympatico.ca
Tue Sep 22 06:22:13 PDT 2009
Julian Vein wrote:
> Jack Palmer wrote:
>> David,
>> Well in my 85 years I never heard you couldn't start a sentence with
>> "but".. Jack
> ==========
> Have you noticed that when radio and TV journalists on location are
> asked a question, they invariably start with "Well..."? When they don't
> it's obvious that they've made a deliberate effort not to do so.
>
> Julian Vein
And then there's "basically".
dl
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