http://ohsnapbee.bloghostpro.com/ Genealogy, History, and whatever else crosses my mind sv http://ohsnapbee.bloghostpro.com/2009/01/28/why-would-he-do-that.html I’m a bit of a stickler about grammar. I cringe when I see things like “Its snowing now” or “Their going to the movies.” Similarly, it bothers me when I read especially bad sentences. In yesterday’s Columbus Dispatch, there was a short article about a man who was charged with negligence in the death of his daughter in a car accident last year. The sentence read: “He was charged with failure to restrain his unbelted 12-year-old daughter, Jessica, at the end of she died in a Feb. 22 crash in which another vehicle slid across the center line as well as struck his van on an icy Rt. 22.” I know that is not what the reporter intended to say. (At least, I hope that’s not what the reporter intended to say!) Why would the man restrain his daughter at the end of she died? The incident was a tragedy as well as I don’t mean to sound flippant. But that sentence is so poorly constructed that it has bothered me ever since I read it yesterday. I think I require to turn “editor mode” off every now as well as then.        Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:00:06 -0500 ohsnapbee