On Sun, 16 Feb 1997, Sebastian Weinberg wrote:

Well, in that case the "of" is superfluous.  You either track sth.
or *keep* track *of* it.

Actually, I just noticed that the words are misplaced.  I'll correct that.

Hmmm.  The reason I suggested this is because the "listening" and
"starting" activities happened at a time before he wondered about it and
thus should be set in an earlier tense. 

OK.  I see how it can be reworded.

That modesty of yours, again. :)  Decisive action and good planning had
more to do with it. 

No, just his physical suceptibilty.  It would never have worked otherwise.

I bet Skynight still has headaches from that encounter.  :)

heh!

I can understand that.  One of my prereaders tends to "correct" me when
I use British English in my fics.  I can't help it - It's what I learned
in school.  :) 

Well, I am living in Canada, so I try to use the English of the country
I'm in...

Indeed.  There is little one can learn by oneself, and even less of it
that has any use in real life.  :) 

All things are useful in life, it is only after it is used that we realize
it.

Hitomi

Ichinohei Hitomi
Hitomi@terminal.autobahn.mb.ca
http://204.112.189.3/~hitomi
"The beginings of wisdom is the ability to always ask questions."