another connective "which"

[Jonathan Lighter]

I almost wrote "semi-educated," but thought I'd be a realist instead.  I
hear this sort of thing frequently and if I were still grading undergraduate
papers I'd be seeing it too.

JL

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 7/2/2009 11:15 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >A message quoted by a colleague on another list today.  It shows just how
> >loosely "which" can be used in informal, nonstandard educated writing.
> >
> >"You can see them [viz., notable mountains: JL] from the Asylum, which
> after
> >the Asylum closed it became a prison and is now beautiful condos."
>
> Jon is more generous than I would be ("educated writing").  I would
> expect (or demand?):
>
> "You can see them [viz., notable mountains: JL] from the Asylum, which
> after
> it closed became a prison and is now beautiful condos."
>
> Joel
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