Re: Until The End Of The World


Timothy McIntyre ([email protected])
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 15:49:02 -0800 (PST)


Earlier, a (poor excuse for a) wireling wrote:

> "Besides Tempe their will only be seven more stadium dates on a
>tour dominated by multiple-night
>arena shows similar to
> their 'When Love Comes To Town' Tour"

> RGWGRGW WROTE THIS:
>you moron, you need to learn better grammar. on that part that
>mentioned LoveTown you used
>"their" instead of "there".
>geez, I guess there are a lot of illiterate people out there.

> Actually the tour itself belongs to U2 so the possessive form is
>correct. You are the illiterate one.

Actually, "their" is not used to modify "tour" in your original sentence,
so your point doesn't hold. Did you sleep through sixth-grade English?

Take this ridiculous "U2 is breaking up!" garbage off the list. If and
when U2 breaks up one day, you won't hear about it first on WIRE. Stop
the boring posturing...

Tim

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Timothy McIntyre
Boston University School of Law

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http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~timothym

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    He wants to be believed."
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