Board:   [DoveNet] Pro-Audio Discussion
Subject: Re: Linn LM-1 With A.M.S.
From:    Nightfox
Date:    Sun Sep 06, 2020 10:34

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  Re: Re: Linn LM-1 With A.M.S.
  By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Sun Sep 06 2020 07:45 am

 Ga>> I'd have to disagree in this particular example. The "Has anyone
 Ga>> ever used" part of the sentence makes the "before" redundant and
 Ga>> unnecessary.

 Ni>> I've heard people say this all the time though..

 Ga> Well yes, no doubt. That doesn't make it any more correct,
Ga> though. It's very poor English - lazy and sloppy.

 Ga> I'm reminded of the saying that my parents would occasionally ask
Ga> me: Just because everyone else is jumping off that cliff doesn't
 Ga> mean that you should too.

I think this is far from the worst grammatical mistakes people make..  It may be redundant, but I guess I hadn't really thought of it is very sloppy.  I think "PIN number" and "ATM machine" are worse than this.  And there are other things that I think are even worse.  :)

Nightfox

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