The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 23.0527  Wednesday, 19 December 2012

[1] From:        Ian Steere < This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it >

     Date:         December 19, 2012 6:54:08 AM EST

     Subject:     Pedantry 

[2] From:        Pete McCluskey < This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it >

     Date:         December 19, 2012 10:09:09 AM EST

     Subject:     RE: SHAKSPER: Pedantry 

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From:        Ian Steere < This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it >

Date:         December 19, 2012 6:54:08 AM EST

Subject:     Pedantry 

At what I perceive to be this point in time, I have confidence that Hardy’s words convey, in part, messages of conciliation, which, in the belief that my confidence is justified, cause me to experience what appears to be warmth in those regions sometimes described as the cockles of one’s heart. 

In other words, we’re ok, Bub—at least until you’ve read the above.

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From:        Pete McCluskey < This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it >

Date:         December 19, 2012 10:09:09 AM EST

Subject:     RE: SHAKSPER: Pedantry

Hardy, I prescribe a dose of Strunk & White followed by an application of “Politics and the English Language.”

Peter M. McCluskey

Associate Professor

Middle Tennessee State University

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“Words that intervene between subject and verb do not affect the number of the verb.”  Strunk & White, The Elements of Style