The "Statement" was a proper noun, "a particular statement", in which he
said something. Saying "He made a statement" would be wrong since the
statement was not made by him personally but rather by a company. Saying
"he said" alone would be leaving out the context of the quote (it was in a
prepared statement).
The same structure could be used to say "he said in a speech" or "he said in
an address". It's the fact that he said it while offering the context of
where it came from. Hearing "he said in a drunken rant" is much different
than "he said in a statement". ;^)
Of course I could just be miffed that you're dissing Optimus Prime (and the
original one no less!). What are you, anti-Semitic?
Jim Davis
From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 1:07 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: oh yeah
Incidentally, does anyone else find the lack of language skills in
this phrase disturbing? "...Adam Goodman, DreamWorks head of
production, said in a statement." ... What else is he going to "say"
it in? ...
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