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Ben Kovitz
Ben Kovitz
02:05
@P.E.Dant Thanks for the edits. :)
P. E. Dant
P. E. Dant
02:22
considering you did all the work and all i did was flounder, it's the least i could do.
but i DO wish you hadn't chosen the RAS syndrome phrase for the list in the first section
Ben Kovitz
Ben Kovitz
@P.E.Dant Your comment led me straight to the answer.
P. E. Dant
P. E. Dant
well now i can have my dram in good conscience!
thanks for the props
Ben Kovitz
Ben Kovitz
@P.E.Dant The what?? (Googling…) Oh. That was on purpose, but I never got around to pointing out that that's typical, and results from the way the "noun cluster" construction works.
P. E. Dant
P. E. Dant
heh!
there's probably an RAS answer somewhere already
Ben Kovitz
Ben Kovitz
@P.E.Dant There has to be! Hopefully someone will link to it.
P. E. Dant
P. E. Dant
02:30
StoneyB says "What we've really got a crying need for is an English grammar translated into the English language." CGEL tries hard but it's a flop imo. They make matters worse half the time.
ok i'm gonna watch a ballgame, ciao
Ben Kovitz
Ben Kovitz
Ciao! (P.S. "Baseball" is a one-word noun cluster.)

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