IVIV (1) What Made Him Unusual Was ...

John Carvill johncarvill at gmail.com
Sat Aug 29 14:08:09 CDT 2009


> "What made him unusual was, he was a black guy." (IV, Ch, 1, p. 14)

No no no no no no no!

Should be:

"What made him unusual was, was he was a black guy."

That double wording is one of the key usages in IV. See also the
double 'is', eg.:

"Reason I ask is, is if you were a cop..." (Page 21)



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