Comments on: Bog basics http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2008/06/bog-basics/ A blog about spelling, punctuation and grammar Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:04:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: TootsNYC http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2008/06/bog-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-706 TootsNYC Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:08:00 +0000 http://65.38.103.143/~grammarb/blog/?p=201#comment-706 I once corrected a sign (billboard, really) in a subway station.<br/><br/>A few weeks later someone told me that he'd been in my subway station. How did he know that was my stop?<br/><br/>He'd seen the correction, and figured it had to be me. He was thoroughly convinced when he saw my small hometown had been marked on a billboard map of the U.S.<br/><br/>Busted! I once corrected a sign (billboard, really) in a subway station.

A few weeks later someone told me that he’d been in my subway station. How did he know that was my stop?

He’d seen the correction, and figured it had to be me. He was thoroughly convinced when he saw my small hometown had been marked on a billboard map of the U.S.

Busted!

]]> By: Tom http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2008/06/bog-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-689 Tom Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:28:00 +0000 http://65.38.103.143/~grammarb/blog/?p=201#comment-689 Almost certainly. Almost certainly.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2008/06/bog-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-687 Anonymous Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:00:00 +0000 http://65.38.103.143/~grammarb/blog/?p=201#comment-687 "Anyone that's ever visited..."<br/><br/>Might not "Anyone who's ever visited..." be more correct? “Anyone that’s ever visited…”

Might not “Anyone who’s ever visited…” be more correct?

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