Stephen Mulraney wrote:
> Joe wrote:
>
>
> Zackly. That was the intention. But now that I look at it, it seems
> faulty in some way. Certainly the hyphen doesn't help. It's one of
> those English English (*) phrases that I haven't quite learned to handle
> properly yet. Should it have a 'the'? I don't know. Ach well.
>
It works, with 'the', or without 'the'. I'm not sure which I'd say by
default...
> (*) At least, that would explain why Joe understands it, I understand it
> but can't reproduce it, and John isn't sure about it :).
>
> s