C. Faulkner on the Possessive Antecedent Proscription

Lesa Dill lesa.dill at WKU.EDU
Wed Jun 4 15:31:01 UTC 2003


I think I've missed this discussion and have been too quick on the delete.
Claude Faulkner taught me grammar during the time of the books' updates.  What
was your example sentence?  I remember his teaching me a rule involving that,
and I probably can track down his source.

"Bethany K. Dumas" wrote:

> I've checked both _Writing Good Sentences_ (3rd ed 1981) and _Writing Good
> Prose_ (3rd ed. with Alexander E. Jones as first author, 1968) - nada.
>
> Bethany



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