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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Criminal Sentence 145: "As" on the Brain

From a Web site on which I signed up for tennis lessons:

"Your registration will be active as soon as payment as been confirmed."

Lots of "as"es in this sentence. One too many, in fact.

3 comments:

Martinus Scriblerus said...

Dropped aitches - what would Professor Higgins say?

The Smarch said...

Oi! Wot's wrong wit that sentence, luv?

The Sentence Sleuth said...

Cor blimey, guvner! There's an "h" missing!