[TR] needs repaired

[Wbeech@flash.net]

Brian,
Don’t forget the Oxford comma, drive me nuts
B

“Cactus Jack drinks coffee black......” M.Murphy

> On Jan 28, 2020, at 10:16 PM, Brian Kemp <bk13 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 

 
Some people have an eye for this type of thing.  In my case, I'm drawn to extra spaces between words or a single space after the punctuation at the end of a sentence. 

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On 1/27/2020 12:52 PM, Ron L'Herault wrote:
> Warning:   This is not Triumph related.  
>  
> I’m an uptight New Englander who was taught English grammar by nuns who had sticks.  8-).     Face Book, was the first place I’d seen this usage.  Now it appears in a mailing list message.
> “Needs Restored like that one.”
> ---------------------------------
> I look at that and first wonder, needs restored what?   Then deep in the recesses of my mind, I hear Sister Thomasina saying  “You will write ‘needs to be restored’ 100 times on the blackboard. When you are done, you will write ‘needs restoration’ 100 times as well.”  
>  
> So, since it is not a Triumph question, if people want to answer privately, super.   Do you use this sentence construction habitually?  In what part of the country do you live?  I was not an English major. I’m definitely not a great writer and don’t spell everything correctly, but I’m extremely curious to find out the extent of the usage and this is a nice friendly group who may be able to help me.
>  
> Let’s hear it for fluif.
>  
> Ron L’Herault
>  
> 
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