Subject: Re: That and which
From: LR Pearson, Arts 99 (lp9616@bristol.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Jan 26 2000 - 07:46:39 EST
On Tue, 25 Jan 2000 13:10:49 -0600 Matt Kozusko
<mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu> wrote:
> "LR Pearson, Arts 99" wrote:
>
> > Confusion of "that" and "which" is one of my particular grammatical
> > sins. [...]
>
> You're even more excused than usual, since in British usage, the
> that/which distinciton is not really current.
>
> > In fact, I have many grammatical sins,
>
> Unfortunately, your Britishness, if any indication of your religious
> background, cannot help you here. Catholics simply confess their
> grammatical sins and are forgiven. I'll bet Fowler hasn't got much on
> Thomas More, for instance. But Protestants...gosh, come to think of
> it, most of Fowler's victims are Victorians! And I'll bet Phillip
> Sydney is on his list, too.
>
> The King! The King's to blame,
>
It's not. I'm a sort of rerverent agnostic (like Larkin, but not as
misogynist). We can blame the King if you want, but the ueen is quite
sweet in a bewildered old lady way.
Love, Lucy-Ruth
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LR Pearson, Arts 99
lp9616@bristol.ac.uk
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