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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2010Waugh: my excesses who
Hello: Isn't the closeness of "my excesses" and "who" a bit uncomfortable? ----- [Ryder's at Oxford, first year] So my cousin Jasper despaired and, I Iearned later, wrote to his father on the subject of my excesses who, in his turn, wrote to _my_ father, who took no action or particular thought on the manner [...] Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, p. 691 ---- -- Thanks. Marius Hancu >Hello: > >Isn't the closeness of >"my excesses" and "who" >a bit uncomfortable? Slightly. I think the problem is that the comma following "who" makes a break that can seem to leave "who" attached to "excesses". >----- >[Ryder's at Oxford, first year] [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, p. 691 >----  SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) >>Hello: >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >>Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, p. 691 >>---- I'd put a comma after "excesses"; and I'd probably leave out the commas around "in his turn". SignatureKaty Jennison spamtrap: remove the first two letters after the @ >>> Hello: >>> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > I'd put a comma after "excesses"; and I'd probably leave out the > commas around "in his turn". Or even perhaps a semi-colon after "excesses" if the other commas were retained. SignatureRegards John for mail: my initials plus a u e at tpg dot com dot au > On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:48:37 +0000, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" > >>Isn't the closeness of > >>"my excesses" and "who" [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > I'd put a comma after "excesses"; and I'd probably leave out the > commas around "in his turn". I can't but agree. And, in this case, my version is the same as the ones at Google Books, no comma after "excesses." Thank you both. Marius Hancu |
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