From: Phil Warn <philwarnorp2@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [B&S] Thomas JENKINS, apprenticed to Michael BESHER (sic),Bristol, 1750 Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 22:32:55 +0000 > Sorry Polly and JJ, I was not trying to teach any one to suck eggs! > However, the 'who' refers back to the immediate subject, the father and > not the son! I *could* re- > write the sentence but would hate to be labelled another pedant like my > fellow Yorkie, of SOG and > GOONS infamy (g) Hi Phil and Listers, When I've been writing my local history books, I've sometimes huffed and puffed over a single comma for hours so I know I could have written the sentence in a better way! :-) However, I hope that, in the main, you can all understand what I'm trying to say in my messages to the list. Luckily, I am writing in English here but in conversation with my LSS I am now using 'macaronic language' - sentences in a mixture of English and Welsh! Josephine