[Vision2020] Re: Vision2020 digest, Vol 1 #599 - 4 msgs

Sun, 27 Jul 2003 12:39:54 -0700

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    Very nice snag Ralph!  At first glance I thought that the person =
who* I very much admire for his uncanny accuracy in, shall we say, =
"truth in literature" had erred with grammar.  After all, does the =
statement "Ralph's car is red" translate into "Ralph is car is red"?  =
But upon leafing through the 'ole Webster's, I find that indeed "who's' =
is the abbreviation for "who is" and not listed as a possessive form of =
the pronoun "who".  "Whose" is the correct word for my last post. If =
only my PC had a "syntax check" along with the spellcheck (which allowed =
"understandible"  just recently!).  Gosh, all these silly quirks in the =
American version of the English language!

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      BC

I asked:  Who's Carwash Is It?

Ralph responded:

Who is carwash is it?
What kind of language is this? "Who's" means "Who is."
Ralph Nielsen

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*Webster says 'who' and 'whom' are interchangeable thank goodness
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Very nice snag =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I asked:&nbsp; <EM><FONT size=3D3>Who's =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ralph responded:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Who is carwash is it?<BR>What kind of language is this? "Who's" =
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is."<BR>Ralph Nielsen<BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>*Webster says 'who' and 'whom' are =
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