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    1. Re: [VACULPEP] Lesson for today
    2. Sarah Keesee
    3. Would you be allowed to send a "Lesson for today" each morning? It would be welcomed, I'm sure. There are many of us WHO would like to improve our grammer & writing which could be used in our genealogy manuscripts. Sarah ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sally Chirlin" <chirlin@adelphia.net> To: <VACULPEP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [VACULPEP] Lesson for today > There are a couple of tricks you can use to remember when to use "that" > or "who." Would you ever say "THAT married Hugh Jones."? Or would you > say "WHO married Hugh Jones?"? The latter, of course, would be correct > and probably no one ever would make a mistake between the use of the two > pronouns in this case. Another hint is to remember that WHO is used for > people not things. Example: "The chair that sat in the corner of our > living room had been my father's favorite." Again, probably no one > would ever use WHO to refer to a chair. > > I'm a retired English teacher; I've got a million of 'em!!! > > Sally > > > ==== VACULPEP Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Culpeper Co., VA mailing list, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to VACULPEP-L-request@rootsweb.comor if you are on the Digest list to VACULPEP-D-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Internet Of Salisbury, Inc.] > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Internet Of Salisbury, Inc.]

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