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GG

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Oct 15, 2012, 1:48:11 AM10/15/12
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"John, since whose death twenty years have already elapsed, was a great
guy."

Any probs with the "since whose"?

Thanks.

Harrison Hill

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Oct 15, 2012, 2:28:32 AM10/15/12
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Old fashioned, but a statement like this deserves the gravitas of "old
fashioned". On the Thames near me there is a seat with the
remembrance: "MY DAD WAS A GREAT GUY".

I hate having memento mori thrust in my face everywhere I go - shrines
on every tree near any big estate - but "MY DAD WAS A GREAT GUY" makes
me smile.

Guy Barry

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Oct 15, 2012, 3:45:09 AM10/15/12
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"GG" wrote in message news:k5g82t$ep8$1...@speranza.aioe.org...

> "John, since whose death twenty years have already elapsed, was a great
> guy."

> Any probs with the "since whose"?

No. It's a bit formal, but grammatically correct.

--
Guy Barry

JOF

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Oct 15, 2012, 11:43:23 AM10/15/12
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It just seems like a very puffed-up way of saying
"John, who died more than twenty years ago", especially when followed
by a pedestrian expression like "was a great guy".

--
John

GG

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Oct 16, 2012, 10:09:07 AM10/16/12
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Thanks, everyone.

Stan Brown

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Oct 17, 2012, 9:48:04 PM10/17/12
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Grammatically it is fine, but stylistically it jars with "great guy".

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"The difference between the /almost right/ word and the /right/ word
is ... the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning."
--Mark Twain
Stan Brown, Tompkins County, NY, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com
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