--- In Nostratica@yahoogroups.com, "Gerry" <waluk@...> wrote:

> > It's an embarassment Gerry sneaked in when we were setting up

the

> > group. Nobody else was keen to shoulder the burden of

moderating

> > the group - the reserve moderators are only likely to step in if
> > Gerry ceases to shoulder the administrative burden.
>
> Actually I didn't sneak in. I was asked if I wished to moderate

this

> list and reluctantly I accepted.

'Sneak' is transitive in my statement above, and I'm not convinced
my statement would be gramatical if it were intransitive. I meant
that you sneaked in the part of the blurb that's been objected to,
and I for one would dearly love to remove it, but if I did so it
would create an unseemly row and I would be in the wrong.

I should have said 'prepared', not 'keen', above.

Richard.
Reserve Moderator.