On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:23:52 -0700, Chambers wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Language is a funny thing.  I heard the construct "is was" the other
>> day.  The context was "the question is was this the question?" (not
>> exactly, but in that structure).  Funny to listen to....
> 
> This is unstructured grammar.  You need to implement the structured /
> modular paradigm in order to improve legibility, efficacy, and general
> communicative success :)
> 
> In other words, "The question is, 'was this a question?'"

Well, yeah, but unless your name is Victor Borge, punctuation isn't 
something you hear (per se).

Jim

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