Subj : Misinterprestation
To   : Anton Shepelev
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Tue Mar 17 2020 19:36:03

Hi, Anton!  Recently you wrote in a message to All:

 AS>  How do you find the grammar in the following de-
 AS>  scription of an incident from my workplace?

 AS>  A colleaque leans into the doorway of my office
 AS>  and asks me rather amiably:

 AS>  -- Anton, will you go to lunch with us?
 AS>  -- Yeah, directly, -- answer I,

 AS>  upon which he leans out, makes a step down the pas-
 AS>  sage, and exlaims "Oh, fuck" in gunuine anguish.

 AS>  I grew surprised and embarrased because other people
 AS>  had seen and heard this unexpected reaction to my
 AS>  harmless answer, and went to investigate.  My col-
 AS>  league had sworn when he badly struck his shoulder
 AS>  or elbow upon the door jamb or some such 0structural
 AS>  element while clearing the doorway :-)


           You switched verb tenses there, as I've heard sports commentators do 
when they tell a radio or TV audience "He shoots -- oh, he missed!"

           Some folks consider it acceptable to introduce a tense change at the 
beginning of a new paragraph, but AFAIC it's distracting & unpleasant.  I would 
suggest you pick one or the other & avoid changing horses in midstream....  :-Q




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