Monday, October 22, 2007

Prissy Press Fautleroy Makes Basic Writing Errors

Prissy Press Fautleroy Makes Basic Writing Errors here.


>When in 1997 Bill Clinton used the line-item veto, with which Congress had just armed him, to cancel $200 million for New York state,

Lee writes: The redundant commas around “with…him’ before cut off a restrictive adverbial prepositional phrase.<


The phrase modifies “veto” and is therefore adjectival, not adverbial. Adjectives modify nouns: Vinegartits mustn't have taught that in her 28 years.

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