tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post113024110543520784..comments2024-03-25T09:14:03.458-04:00Comments on Too Many Thoughts: The world is endingTymhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168089811114758802noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-1130651680370471142005-10-30T01:54:00.000-04:002005-10-30T01:54:00.000-04:00I really don't know where the "whereby" disease co...I really don't know where the "whereby" disease comes from. Is someone infecting primary or secondary schools with incorrect usage?<BR/><BR/>another ex-gpteacher > Not sure I agree with you on that. Shouldn't it be "in which" rather than "by which"? The role of a goalkeeper isn't a process "by which" anything can happen, yah?<BR/><BR/>Love your couplet!Tymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168089811114758802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-1130646304592174302005-10-30T00:25:00.000-04:002005-10-30T00:25:00.000-04:00The sentence is clumsy, but the use of "whereby" h...The sentence is clumsy, but the use of "whereby" here is, arguably, not wrong. Replace "whereby" with "by which" and the sentence makes standard grammatical sense, more or less (i.e. BY being in the role of a goalkeeper, you're in a position where...) But yes, a very inelegant construction which would not pass muster as written English.<BR/><BR/>Well do I know the old woeful cry:<BR/>O student O student, wherefore dost thou use 'whereby'?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-1130316378674167212005-10-26T04:46:00.000-04:002005-10-26T04:46:00.000-04:00My, oh my. A Brit, no less. Must have lived here...My, oh my. A Brit, no less. Must have lived here too long or something. Oh, the number of times I circled, underlined or cancelled 'whereby' on scripts...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com