[BITList] Grammar Lesson
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franka at iinet.net.au
Sat Feb 25 13:47:28 GMT 2017
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>> It's Time for a clear, serious grammar lesson...
>> No English dictionary has been able to adequately explain
>> the difference between these two words. In a recent
>> linguistic competition held in London and attended by,
>> supposedly, thebest in the world, Samdar Balgobin, a
>> Guyanese man, was the clear winner witha standing ovation
>> which lasted over 5 minutes.
>> The final question was: How do you explain the difference
>> between COMPLETE and FINISHED in a way that iseasy to
>> understand? Some people say there isnodifference between
>> COMPLETEand FINISHED.
>>
>> Here is his astute answer:
>> When you marry the right woman,you are COMPLETE. When you
>> marry the wrong woman, you are FINISHED. And when the
>> right one catches you with the wrong one, you are
>> COMPLETELY FINISHED!!!
>> He won a trip around the world and a case of 25 year old
>> Scotch.
>>
>>
>> *
>> *
>> *"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the*
>> *things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off *
>> *the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade*
>> *winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~Mark Twain*
>>
>> ****
>>
>>
>>
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