Re: Similar vs. Similarly

Bob Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 19:24:35 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donna
> Richoux) said:
> 
> [ . . . ]
> 
> > Mike, that "himself" up above makes it sounds like we 
> > should only are about Augustus, and Livia is a nobody.
> 
> The student is asked to think carefully about that sentence
> and see if they can suggest any ways to improve it.
> 
> To me, it makes it sounds like we should only are look for
> ways to rephrase it.
> 
> Let me hasten to add that I greatly admire Donna's postings,
> both for their style and for their content. 

Well, I will happily put the "c" back on "care" that got dropped
somehow, and I guess I'd better take the "s" off of "sounds." But
anything else would just be fiddling.

>  I suspect she
> was in a hurry to get on to something else when she edited
> the quoted sentence.

Let's see, was that the time the kitchen timer rang or the time my
daughter needed me for something?

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est ishes -- Donna Richoux