[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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