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Hi,
It is fine. I'm curious as to why you should doubt its correctness.
Alan
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| #3 (permalink) Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:07 am Sentence correction |
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Alan,
On a normal day, I wouldn't have had an iota of doubt about the correctness of the sentence; it's as plain as they come.
It's the effect of Monday I guess, I just got swayed by my friend's words. He said that he'd read somewhere that the sentence was incorrect. So I had to ask.
Things like this happen, don't they? 
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:19 am Sentence correction |
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They certainly do. Incidentally Australian English is another kettle of fish. This (Australian) writer has it all sewn up:
Peters, Pam (2007) Cambridge Guide to Australian English Usage. Cambridge University Press 905pp.
She has also written an interesting book called: The Cambridge Guide to English Usage (2004)
- a book to which I always refer when I want a sensible answer to a language question.
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