brainshrub
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Mon Jan-17-05 08:31 PM
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English teachers... I need your help. |
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Is this sentence grammatically correct:
"A list of congress people who voted to reject the Ohio electors."
Is it Congress People? Congresspeople? Congress-persons? Members of congress? Members of Congress?
AArrrrgggg! Ms. Tracy, my 7th grade English teacher, would be so disappointed with me.
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Mon Jan-17-05 08:33 PM
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1. If you're using it as a header for the list |
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Members of Congress Who Voted To Reject...
is fine.
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Mon Jan-17-05 08:42 PM
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7. this one *sounds* the best I think n/t |
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Mon Jan-17-05 08:34 PM
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2. Congress people isn't correct. I tend to agree with the above poster. |
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Edited on Mon Jan-17-05 08:35 PM by American Tragedy
Congressmen and Congresswomen might be appropriate as well.
Also, that isn't a sentence. It's a fragment. Is it meant as a header?
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Mon Jan-17-05 08:40 PM
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6. It is meant as a header. |
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Edited on Mon Jan-17-05 08:41 PM by brainshrub
"A list of members of Congress who voted to reject the Ohio electors."
doesn't sound right for some reason.
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Mon Jan-17-05 08:57 PM
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9. You don't need "A list" |
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If it's the header, the fact that it's a list is self-evident.
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Mon Jan-17-05 09:02 PM
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11. But what if it is part of a larger essay? |
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Edited on Mon Jan-17-05 09:02 PM by brainshrub
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Mon Jan-17-05 09:05 PM
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13. Members of Congress... |
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Edited on Mon Jan-17-05 09:06 PM by democracyindanger
would work.
There's more than one acceptable way to do it. Even "A list of members of..." is grammatically correct, although a mouthful to say. But I'd go for the direct, short: "Members of Congress Who..."
Just my opinion.
on edit: I did look at your link before answering ;)
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Mon Jan-17-05 08:35 PM
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3. I don't think it is correct... |
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I think the congress people is right, but isn't the sentence missing a verb?? I am not great with English, but I have heard the pResident speak it once or twice. Kevin.
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Mon Jan-17-05 08:35 PM
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4. How about Representatives, House Representatives or ? |
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House members? They used to be called Congressmen but changing that to "Congress people" just doesn't sound right to my ears. I'm not an English teacher, just a native speaker of American English.
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Mon Jan-17-05 08:36 PM
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Judging from the form of congressman and congresswoman.
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Mon Jan-17-05 08:56 PM
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Mon Jan-17-05 09:00 PM
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10. I would say that of the rest of Congress. |
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Mon Jan-17-05 09:04 PM
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12. It's a sentence fragment |
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"This is a list of the members of Congress who voted to reject the Ohio electors."
That would be a complete sentence.
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