From: allan gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] A little help for non-native English speakers
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 15:37:13 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y3kb162u.fsf@nyu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4a38407c-e224-d6e1-d848-b5d5f3ca5d52@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> (Grant Taylor's message of "Fri, 2 Feb 2018 13:05:21 -0700")
On Fri, Feb 02 2018, Grant Taylor wrote:
> On 02/02/2018 01:03 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>
>> But its a bad habit which I will never get into!
>
> Couldn't you have said "…habit that I…" in the fact that you were
> referencing a specific habit, not just a generic place holder?
>
> If I'm understanding things correctly.
I would think "... habit, which"
"I will never get into" is a non-restrictive clause giving extra
information about the habit.
allan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-02-02 20:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-02-01 17:03 [gentoo-user] [OT] A little help for non-native English speakers Peter Humphrey
2018-02-01 18:12 ` Rich Freeman
2018-02-01 18:27 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2018-02-01 18:47 ` Philip Webb
2018-02-01 18:50 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-01 19:09 ` Grant Taylor
2018-02-01 19:25 ` Rich Freeman
2018-02-01 21:17 ` Philip Webb
2018-02-01 22:24 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-01 23:39 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-02 0:04 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-02 0:36 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-02 1:30 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-02 4:48 ` allan gottlieb
2018-02-02 5:31 ` Floyd Anderson
2018-02-01 23:36 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-01 18:55 ` [gentoo-user] " Neil Bothwick
2018-02-01 22:45 ` [gentoo-user] " Ian Zimmerman
2018-02-01 23:03 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-01 22:52 ` [gentoo-user] [OT] " Frank Steinmetzger
2018-02-01 23:05 ` Jack
2018-02-01 23:34 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2018-02-02 0:05 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-02 0:08 ` Jack
2018-02-03 0:19 ` Wol's lists
2018-02-03 8:43 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-03 17:24 ` Wols Lists
2018-02-03 18:32 ` Philip Webb
2018-02-01 23:42 ` [gentoo-user] " Frank Steinmetzger
2018-02-01 23:43 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-02 7:34 ` Alan McKinnon
2018-02-02 7:47 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2018-02-02 7:46 ` Alan McKinnon
2018-02-02 8:10 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-02 10:06 ` Alan McKinnon
2018-02-02 17:28 ` Grant Taylor
2018-02-03 0:21 ` Wol's lists
2018-02-02 4:06 ` Grant Taylor
2018-02-02 8:03 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-02 20:05 ` Grant Taylor
2018-02-02 20:34 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-02 23:44 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-03 8:44 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-02 20:37 ` allan gottlieb [this message]
2018-02-01 23:45 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-02 0:25 ` R0b0t1
2018-02-02 0:41 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-02 1:31 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-02 1:58 ` Rich Freeman
2018-02-03 13:46 ` Frank Steinmetzger
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