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Grammar Police Requested

Posted on 08/29/2007 5:50:29 PM PDT by MrsEmmaPeel

I was in a *boring* meeting, absentmindedly doodling on a scratch pad. I was pretty amazed after the meeting when I noticed that I doodled the following:


"I so enjoy discussions like these", she said wielding a bloody axe in her hand.

After the meeting, I glanced at my notes and have a serious question: is these appropriate in this context? I mean, should the correct grammar be: "I so enjoy discussions like this", she said wielding a bloody axe in her hand. I mean, isn't discussions a collective and therefore implies a singular?

Please set me straight. I am longing for instruction.


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To: MrsEmmaPeel

Maybe...

“...artfully wielding...”

or

“...tentatively wielding...”

or

“...gleefully wielding...”

or

“...comically wielding...”
(just kidding!!!)


81 posted on 08/30/2007 5:32:07 PM PDT by bannie
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To: bannie
LOL!

Which do you prefer?

82 posted on 08/30/2007 5:40:28 PM PDT by MrsEmmaPeel
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"...spasmodically wielding..."


83 posted on 08/30/2007 6:05:31 PM PDT by bannie
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