Re: PPB: Poem for Kathy / Will Dockery

Will Dockery <[email protected]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:03:51 GMT
Newsgroups alt.arts.poetry.comments
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[email protected] (Miguel Sucio) posted:
> Will Dockery wrote:
>> Miguel Sucio wrote:
> 
>> [snip]
> 
> > If you're an American, the proper usage would be "when time permits."
> > 
> > How other countries around the world do it isn't really my problem.
>
> Apparently it is your problem, given that you went out of your way to correct me and are still desperately clinging to the argument, even though my usage was perfectly valid.

Valid where?

Definitely not in American English grammar.

"When time permits." is correct.

Glad to clear up your confusion, Miguel.

😏

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