> Grinner wrote:
>
>> to mend or not to mend, that is indeed the question. alas, shorts you
>> have served me well, get thee hence housework, i shall stride naked
>> and bare my buttocks on oxford street before i shall ever lifteth
>
> It should be 'lift' - you need to use the infinitive with a modal
> auxilary verb.
>
>> my hand to ply needle and thread. onward! harken thine ear! yonder
>> weekend cometh and beareth down with many fine drink
>
> It should be 'drinks' or 'many a fine drink'.
>
> , considereth
>
> It should be 'consider' - a command must take the imperative mood.
>
>> not the mundane horatio, for we shall have revelry, ball games of
>> skill and tankards of chilled bitter ales aplenty.
>
> This clause should be terminated with an exclamation mark, as the main
> clause began with a command. 'Consider' should also have started a new
> sentence.
The Imperative...... oh, no. Now write it out a hundred times and if
Don Evans
VampX
