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RE: Death of the English Language

Okay--I'm cool, I'm cool.




Reply to note from Harry Binswanger  Mon, 18 Oct
2010 15:54:51 -0400

>> and other tortured expressions ("as such" springs to mind),
>>
> Oh, oh, that's a staple of mine. What's the objection to it?

None, if used correctly, but odious when used as a generic
transitional phrase, without an antecedent for "such" (examples
here: http://www.law.louisville.edu/node/2554).

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Carl Distefano
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