Mes Amis
Grammar is a tricky beast.
Consider the following:
My two best friends back in the day were Jack Granville and Ailsa Simone. He was tall, with dark hair and big, workman-like hands. She was petite, blonde and with sparkling blue eyes.
They went down south, got married. Told me I'd better keep in touch.
I never saw them again.
Read it again.
Realise that the last two paragraphs aren't talking about Jack and Ailsa.
They're actually talking about Ailsa's sparkling blue eyes.
So, lesson of the day?
Watch those pronouns.
They're real bastards.
(Guess what I'm doing this evening?)
Au revoir
Russel
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007
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