[TR] needs repaired

Wbeech@flash.net wbeech at flash.net
Wed Jan 29 08:45:29 MST 2020


Brown of course, same as the dogs. 

B

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

> On Jan 29, 2020, at 7:19 AM, DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com> wrote:
> 


OK.  "He has three horses, two brown dogs and cats."  Question: What color are the cats?

Dave 



-----Original Message-----
From: Wbeech at flash.net <wbeech at flash.net>
To: Brian Kemp <bk13 at earthlink.net>
Cc: triumphs <triumphs at autox.team.net>; Ron L'Herault <lherault at verizon.net>
Sent: Tue, Jan 28, 2020 10:35 pm
Subject: Re: [TR] needs repaired

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. 

https://www.feelingoodtees.com/let-s-eat-grandma-let-s-eat-grandma-punctuation-saves-lives-t-shirt
https://www.feelingoodteescom/i-like-cooking-my-family-and-my-pets-use-commas-don-t-be-a-psycho-t-shirt


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.”
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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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