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January - 2015

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Alfred the Great

You reverted my grammatical correction of the clause 'manuscripts burnt up along with the churches'. I have no object to the word 'burnt' as opposed to 'burned'. However, the phrase 'manuscripts burnt', without a separating comma, suggests that the verb is active, as in 'Tom burnt his brothers socks'. Here, the verb should be passive, as in 'manuscripts were burnt, along with the churches' [Note that the subordinate clause needs to be separated by a comma].

I do object to the word 'up' which is a colloquialism that has no logical meaning. Tom's brother's socks may have been burnt to ashes, burnt out, even; or burnt up in the attic; but 'burnt up' detracts from the meaning and significance of the word 'burnt'.

As you seem not to like other contributors emending your grammar, may I recommend that you yourself, add the active verb 'were', and change the sentence to include: 'manuscripts were burnt, along with the churches that housed them.' — Preceding unsigned comment added by Katbun (talk • contribs) 12:25, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

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