In a message dated 2004-09-09 6:49:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:


> 2) "she thought intolerable and desolate the idea"
> 
> Unnatural.    It's like saying, "I think sucks the website" instead of
> "I think the website sucks".   It's something that Yoda would say.
> 

No, it's like "she thought the dress ugly."  Since the idea is so 
complicated, with its long modifying clauses, putting its adjectives first makes them 
easier to find and understand.

You're right about the double "with": they are both required, but they 
probably shouldn't be so close together.  It was just a suggestion.
stevo


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