--- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@> wrote: [Curtis wrote:] > > > So first she got me to write by calling me a liar, and now > > > she is hoping to get everyone going including Emily, who has > > > escaped this nut house with this troll move by claiming I > > > was calling her a liar. > > > > Emily: Did I call you a liar? > > > M: No Judy did, repeatedly. Thus this whole exchange. > > Emily: > > I'm soooo passive aggressive, aren't I? Oh, wait, that sounds > > directly aggressive. When oh when did I call you a liar? > > M: I see what happened now, my bad. By not specifying that > "she" refers to "Judy" you got confused. Since the whole > thing was predicated on Judy calling me a liar I thought I > was safe.
No, Curtis, it wouldn't have helped if you'd written "Judy" instead of "she" in that sentence. Grammatically, "by claiming" refers to "who," which refers to "Emily," not "she." Also content-wise: "who" is the person who "escaped this nut house," i.e., Emily, not Judy. (No, I'm not claiming you *meant* that Emily called you a liar, I'm just pointing out why it sounded as if you did. It wasn't that you weren't "safe," it was that you wrote a thoroughly bollixed-up sentence to express what you *did* mean.)
