This is wrong, right? But why?

[onebatmother]

It's a system-generated email from Photobox:

"Hi,

Have a look at my album I have shared with you on PhotoBox."

Leaving aside the thorny issue of whether one can have "shared" something with someone unilaterally, and whether you can share something "on" something intangible rather than, say, a lawn or a table, shouldn't it read:

"Have a look at the album I have shared with you on Photobox."

ooh i think i know this one!!!!

'which i have shared with you' is a relative clause. purpose of a relative clause is to specify a particular referent, i.e. here, to pick out one of a number of possible albums as the one that's being talked about.

now, 'my' also seems to fulfil this function - which album? MY album.

so this sentence feels tautological.

note that it works ok as 2 separate sentences:

have a look at my album. i've shared it with you on photobox.

, asicsgirl.

just doing my jaaaab

I don't understand.

What, exactly, has this to do with Manchester United v Chelski tonight? [confused emocion]

unless.. unless.. the photos are from moscow and my friend is named Colleen.

Damn you asicsgirl. I was going to say what you said and be impressive, but you already have.

threadwworm, my dear, how are you?

I am still disturbed by your extraneous w.

Can I interest you in the robustly Germanic Threadwerm? Frau Koch (now Chief of Staff at the Spa Angst) would like it.

Or does that actually just sound like txtspk?

The pronunciation that I imagine for that makes me think of the Wermacht(sp?). A mighty parasitic army. A definite no I'm afraid.

How are you?

Ich bin zo-zo, my dearrrr.

kate at
minimum dot co dot ukay, should you care to.

okay, I made that German bit up. does Ich bin mean I am? I'm basing it purely on the Kennedy gaffe "ich bin ein berliner"...

Oh here you all are in Pedants' Corner, chewing the fat (I hate that expression )?

Onebat - Surely, you made up that German bit.

Ivh bin sounds right to me. But I don't really do German.

The only german phrases I know are little snatches of philosophy. Whe a German friend of ours was showing us round Berlin, I kept excitedly saying 'What does that sign say?', because to me it all looked like it said 'The world is the totality of facts not things' -- and she would patiently say 'It says "Broom cupboard; please leave tidy,"' or whatever.

Swedes! You have gone all plebian. Did they take your peerage away?

Onebat persuaded me to return to my roots (sic). I'm not sure I like it.

Threadwworm - I have missed you.

Threadwworm - I have missed you.

Thanks for mentioning your email address onebat. Might take you up on that depite my very real fear of unpixelated people.

Oh just ignore me because I'm pixel-ated.

And how are you, dear Swede. Did you know that 'pixilated' means whimsical and bemused? So MNers are largely both pixelated and pixilated.

Yes good, thank you Enterobius Verm. Does Old Elvet mean anything to you?

Yep. V. close to me, and the location of a few university buildings I think?

Is your DS headed that way?

Noooo. DS is only 16 - sitting GCSEs this year. I was there for a few years.

there is a missing "which" in there, I think