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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Grammatically speaking #102758 05/07/03 02:22 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US S slithy toves OP enthusiast OP slithy toves enthusiast S Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US This from a newspaper story: "Quite frankly, there's more I would have liked to have done." Would this be considered correct? I'd be inclined to say: "...more I would like to have done." Or does it matter? To my mind, the two haves make it sound awkward. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Grammatically speaking slithy toves 05/07/03 02:22 PM Re: Grammatically speaking Faldage 05/07/03 02:42 PM Re: Grammatically speaking Bean 05/07/03 03:01 PM Re: Grammatically speaking Wordwind 05/07/03 03:25 PM Re: Grammatically speaking wsieber 05/08/03 08:22 AM Re: Grammatically speaking Buffalo Shrdlu 05/08/03 09:25 AM Re: Grammatically speaking Wordwind 05/08/03 09:32 AM Re: Grammatically speaking slithy toves 05/08/03 12:52 PM Re: Grammatically speaking slithy toves 05/08/03 12:53 PM Re: Grammatically speaking maahey 05/09/03 12:48 AM Woodah liketoov musick 05/09/03 05:59 PM Re: Grammatically speaking consuelo 05/14/03 05:27 AM Re: Grammatically speaking Jackie 05/15/03 02:02 AM consuelo's new dialeck AnnaStrophic 05/15/03 02:14 PM Re: Grammatically speaking Faldage 05/15/03 02:08 PM Swut I sed musick 05/18/03 03:45 AM Re: Grammatically speaking Kupatchka 05/17/03 02:48 PM Re: Grammatically speaking Bingley 05/19/03 02:24 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,389 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 775 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 28 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,572 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,920 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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