To: Free ThinkerNY
Grandmother sent machine gun in the post Is that proper english grammar?
I ask because I find it misleading. It would be more descriptive of what happened had it said Grandmother received sent a machine gun in the post that was meant for nearby police HQt.
34 posted on
12/10/2008 1:51:50 PM PST by
MosesKnows
(Love many, Trust few, and always paddle your own canoe)
To: MosesKnows
Or “Grandma WAS sent a machine gun in the mail”.
35 posted on
12/10/2008 1:54:58 PM PST by
Still Thinking
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: MosesKnows
Grandmother sent machine gun in the post Is that proper english grammar?
The classic example is
"The police were ordered to stop drinking after midnight"
38 posted on
12/10/2008 2:15:01 PM PST by
Oztrich Boy
(No Christian will dare say that [Genesis] must not be taken in a figurative sense. St Augustine)
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