On 20 Apr 2010, at 12:59, Dirk Koopman wrote: > Peter Corlett wrote: >> On 20 Apr 2010, at 12:19, Martin A. Brooks wrote: >> [...] >>> I replying too late to be at the front of the very long queue of people >>> who will disagree with you entirely on this. >> Your sentence no verb. > Really? I can see at least three. But what do I know, being a furriner?
It's possible that being a furriner meant you missed the reference :) "This sentence no verb" or similar is a cliche amongst proof readers and editors, and serves to flag a missing verb in a manuscript rather than be technically accurate.
