Let's think this through

Marica

Sep 4

At issue is the sentence:

For her part, Susan felt badly about having glossed over her own background.

The sentence is from a long story I've been working on for about a year. I am at the point where I have a rough nearly finished draft of 8700 words (32 double spaced pages). There are still many, many rough spots and a handful of gaps. It--that is the story as it is in my brain--needs to sit for a day or so.

So I decided that it was a good time to do a spelling & grammar check. (One of many I will do.)

I've already told s&g check that it doesn't know what it's talking about, and certainly has no sense of style. But I thought I'd better check on this one because if I've gotten it wrong, it will stand out like a sore thumb.

So I reached across the desk and grabbed a random text (The Little, Brown Handbook, 5th ed., 1992).

Linking verbs: to be, verbs associated with senses (look, feel, etc.), appear, seem, and a few more.

"Two word pairs are especially troublesome."

Correct.