C. Faulkner on the Possessive Antecedent Proscription

[Scott Sadowsky]

On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Lesa Dill wrote:

> >His comment was about this type of construction--
> >Faulkner's writing style makes him difficult to read.

So what would the prescriptivists have us say?  "Faulkner's writing style
makes itself difficult to read"?

Cheers,
Scott

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