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Posted by -Lost on 03/30/07 01:57
"Steve" <no.one@example.com> wrote in message news:5fZOh.533$vJ5.528@newsfe12.lga...
> || >| The code is thus:
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> || > the code is this?
> || >
> || > ;^)
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> || http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=thus
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> || 1 and 5.
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> || Neener neener neener! : P
> |
> | NO, NO, NO !!!
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> | it is the part of speech you're having problems with. 'thus' is an ADVERB,
> | 'this' is a PRONOUN. the word in question is the direct object of a
> | sentence...which we all know must be either a NOUN or, you guessed it, a
> | PRONOUN...
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> | 'thus', i am correct...and 'the code is this.'
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> btw, the best test when in doubt is to rearrange the sentence using the same
> words. of these two, which do you now believe is right?
>
> thus is the code. (indicates a reason for the code's state of being)
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> this is the code. (states that what is referenced [what you posted] is the
> code)
>
> sorry, i'm just a language nut. ;^)
No, that is totally acceptable. English was never my strength in school.
Thanks for the clarification.
Oh, and I believe the second is right.
-Lost
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