I'm being hounded, I tell you!
All right, it was rather colloquial I suppose ... :-)
... and I do prefer your last phrasing.
Chris
On 3 Mar 2008, at 19:30, Moose wrote:
> Oh dear, has another of the old guard gone over to the dark side?
> "..consist of."
>
> I abandoned the fight years ago in those circumstances where old
> fashioned correct usage made for graceless reading.
>
> ".. mud of which those beaches consist." is the classic, literal
> correction.
> ".. mud that makes up those beaches." is more graceful reading.
>
> Moose
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