Re: The Business Memoir - the ``whom'' question

"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote...

John Atkinson wrote:

"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote ...
>
> Colin Fine wrote:

>> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>> >
>> > There should have been assimilation, either progressive (a - a) >> > or,
>> > more likely, regressive (& - &).
>>
>> 'should'??
>>
>> Wherefore?
>
> Because it was a stereotyped phrase -- the guy must've said it a > dozen
> times in less than an hour and a half.

I may disagree with you on the point you're making here. Nevertheless, I have the utmost admiration for anyone whose dedication to linguistic research is so great that they're prepared to go on watching "Dancing with the Stars" for almost an hour and a half in order to collect data on the presenter's pronunciation.

John.

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