Comments on: Syntax corner http://nourishingobscurity.com/2010/02/09/synta-corner/ Wed, 23 May 2012 13:52:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: James Higham http://nourishingobscurity.com/2010/02/09/synta-corner/comment-page-1/#comment-7501 James Higham Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:25:25 +0000 http://nourishingobscurity.com/2010/02/08/grammar-and-word-usage-corner/#comment-7501 All sound advice. Britologywatch - that is so and falls into the category of vocabulary, word-usage and grammar, whereas I only looked at the syntax. All sound advice. Britologywatch – that is so and falls into the category of vocabulary, word-usage and grammar, whereas I only looked at the syntax.

]]> By: angus dei http://nourishingobscurity.com/2010/02/09/synta-corner/comment-page-1/#comment-7498 angus dei Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:07:10 +0000 http://nourishingobscurity.com/2010/02/08/grammar-and-word-usage-corner/#comment-7498 Pass. Pass.

]]> By: britologywatch http://nourishingobscurity.com/2010/02/09/synta-corner/comment-page-1/#comment-7497 britologywatch Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:44:12 +0000 http://nourishingobscurity.com/2010/02/08/grammar-and-word-usage-corner/#comment-7497 "MPs at the centre of the expenses-claims [they made claims for expenses they shouldn't have, not 'expense'; hypenated where two nouns form an adjectival phrase] scandal have been warned by the leader [no need for capital 'L' in 'leader'] of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, not to use parliamentary [no need for the capital on 'Parliamentary' here] privilege to avoid court proceedings." “MPs at the centre of the expenses-claims [they made claims for expenses they shouldn't have, not 'expense'; hypenated where two nouns form an adjectival phrase] scandal have been warned by the leader [no need for capital 'L' in 'leader'] of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, not to use parliamentary [no need for the capital on 'Parliamentary' here] privilege to avoid court proceedings.”

]]> By: jams O'Donnell http://nourishingobscurity.com/2010/02/09/synta-corner/comment-page-1/#comment-7496 jams O'Donnell Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:20:10 +0000 http://nourishingobscurity.com/2010/02/08/grammar-and-word-usage-corner/#comment-7496 or better still turn it from passive to active? Nick Clegg... has warned... and so on or better still turn it from passive to active?

Nick Clegg… has warned… and so on

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