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Pastimes : SI Grammar and Spelling Lab
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To: jbe who wrote (3167)7/15/1999 10:08:00 PM
From: B.C.  Read Replies (1) of 4711
 
"Did you read my posts?"

That was what I wondered when you thought I was saying that The Myth of Sisyphus was trivial! <g>

I admit that I was in a rush as I read your posts; my husband was requesting the pleasure of my company at the dinner table (for the second time) as I read the posts, and I started scanning for speed.

I agree that either way, with or without, would technically be correct. I prefer "with". I also had the average man-on-the-street audience in mind, not the average readers on this thread as was Chris's thought, I now learn.

What I found interesting was that you called the "then" redundant. I would not have chosen to say "then" or to write "then", yet it certainly seems to be implied. Was Chris's sentence not an "if and then" statement? (If A, then B.) But why redundant? I'm wondering if you're calling it redundant because it's implied and therefore redundant to actually write it out. But now I'm just guessing. Please enlighten me!

:)
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