Correcting poor grammar (was Getting Rid of Damp)
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On 6 Jan 2009 13:40:01 -0600, Dave wrote:
On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:03:42 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
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Let's take a look, shall
we?
"Which is (doubtlessly) why."
Which = Subject = noun
is = Verb
why = Object = noun
doubtlessly is a modifier of why. Therefore, it follows that doubtlessly
is
an adjective, not an adverb.
Not even close, Neal. Did your grammar lessens end in the third grade?
Lessens?
Debating with Neal is never going to make you appear anything but
foolish, Dave. Spit the hook.
Like any typical, obfuscating lawyer, Dave is trying to make something
complicated out of something simple.
We are discussing a simple, four-word sentence. It has a subject a verb an
object and an object modifier. That's it! Dredging up non-applicable grammar
rules is not necessary. He's trying to save face but doing badly. He
apparently thought that doubtlessly was a modifier of the verb and,
consequently, an adverb. But any fool knows it's "doubtlessly why" and not
"is doubtlessly). If doubtlessly were an adverb the sentence structure would
be: "Which doubtlessly is why."
I guess Dave never learned the KISS rule. Or the logical order rule.
Wilbur Hubbard
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