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RangerDave
 Post subject: Grammar Question
PostPosted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 1:12 am 
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Which is the correct position of the word "be"?

1. If the complainants' requested relief is granted, what would be the impact on operations and cash flow?

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2. If the complainants' requested relief is granted, what would the impact on operations and cash flow be?
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It flows better in 2.

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I prefer the second. "what would be the" is four contentless words in a row, and the reader's eyes could glaze over.
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I prefer option #1, although I cannot at the moment provide any solid grammatical rule to back it up.

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#1 is the correct answer.

As for the rule? See Elements of Style by Strunk and White.
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Don't separate your verbs.

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 Post subject: Re: Grammar Question
PostPosted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:41 am 
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Cool; thanks, folks.
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Yeah, but 1 sucks.

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Khross wrote:
#1 is the correct answer.

As for the rule? See Elements of Style by Strunk and White.
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Your mom is a grammar question.

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Rynar wrote:
Your mom is a grammar question.

Yeah, I have to admit, she does enjoy a good dangling participle from time to time.
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RangerDave wrote:
Rynar wrote:
Your mom is a grammar question.

Yeah, I have to admit, she does enjoy a good dangling participle from time to time.

... yeah just gross dude, that's your mom...

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Huh? So she finds ambiguous sentence structure amusing. What's gross about that? 8-)
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How does that indicate to you that you won? The more stylistically correct sentence structure is more commonly used on the internet. While this somewhat surprises me, it should not be evidence against its preference.

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Kaffis Mark V wrote:
How does that indicate to you that you won? The more stylistically correct sentence structure is more commonly used on the internet. While this somewhat surprises me, it should not be evidence against its preference.


There were many 'correct' aspects of English that died out over time as they became obscure. The most popular way people speak is also the most proper way.
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Rather than wade into this idiocy, I shall simply employ Rynar's Words of Wisdom™.
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Except you argued for the incorrect usage, and your Google search refutes your preference.

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Except you argued for the incorrect usage, and your Google search refutes your preference.


No, I argued for 'be' at the end, which the Google search supports.
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226,000 < 197,000,000

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226,000 < 197,000,000


Crap, I missed the last three zeros. :P

Ok I'm not going to argue anymore.
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Bwahahahahaha.
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Rofl. No wonder I was confused.

I was literally sitting at my keyboard saying to myself "Am I being epically trolled?"

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Google "irregardless".

Frequency != accuracy.

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Lex Luthor wrote:
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196,999,999 of those pages state: Learn English.

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