Boy, that is one motherfsck of a clumsy sentence!

That is, the number of Iraqi deaths in July approaches the number of civilians killed at Qana, on every day of the month.

To quote a promo heard on WGN radio: "I believe I was just the victim of a dangling participle!"

Will somebody please teach these so-called Journalists, graduates of the best Degrees in Communications that money can buy, to speak fucking American (or, in the absence of that dialect, I'll settle for English) already?!?

Allow me to translate that pile of phonemes into something cogent: "That is, the number of civilians killed in the Qana attacks is about the same as was killed in Iraq each day in July".

Only one additional word, and you don't have to parse the sentence three times (like I did) to figure out what the point of the sentence was.

Note to the new wave of "Journalists": Put the fucking Nintendos, PS/2s and X-boxes down, and spend the time learning how to fucking speak and write, already. And a note to editors: Hire some competent proofreaders; you are obviously not up to the task yourselves!

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up with which I Shall not put!' [??]

{Sheesh} One phrase from er, Der Berk creates a vastly larger %dudgeon in these parts than

That is, the number of Iraqi deaths in July approaches the number of civilians killed at Qana, on every day of the month.

Look, in my processor it scans Just Fine: [read at the.. right.. pace]

That is, the number of Iraqi deaths in July approaches.. the number of civilians killed at Qana: on. every. day. of. the. month.

Y'see? Along with the immortal Great Dane, Victor Borge - creator of the "audible punctuation" skit: I deem that the problem with our written-forms is -- insufficient attention paid to the FACT that speech consists ... largely ... of appropriately inserted SILENCES ... ... especially where more than one idea is carried, usually within a subordinate clause.

(The full-stop [.] need not define an end of some arbitrary 'sentence'.
And today.. Everybody *needs* to slow. down. and let the brain/memory/experience ... catch. up. "Multitasking" is an Illusion, whenever it comes to any subtle communication / anything nuanced.)

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Post #263,749 by jb4 8/4/06 10:30:39 AM Reply	Boy, that is one motherfsck of a clumsy sentence! That is, the number of Iraqi deaths in July approaches the number of civilians killed at Qana, on every day of the month. To quote a promo heard on WGN radio: "I believe I was just the victim of a dangling participle!" Will somebody please teach these so-called Journalists, graduates of the best Degrees in Communications that money can buy, to speak fucking American (or, in the absence of that dialect, I'll settle for English) already?!? Allow me to translate that pile of phonemes into something cogent: "That is, the number of civilians killed in the Qana attacks is about the same as was killed in Iraq each day in July". Only one additional word, and you don't have to parse the sentence three times (like I did) to figure out what the point of the sentence was. Note to the new wave of "Journalists": Put the fucking Nintendos, PS/2s and X-boxes down, and spend the time learning how to fucking speak and write, already. And a note to editors: Hire some competent proofreaders; you are obviously not up to the task yourselves! </rant> jb4 "So don't pay attention to the approval ratings that say 68% of Americans disapprove of the job this man is doing. I ask you this, does that not also logically mean that 68% approve of the job he's not doing? Think about it. I haven't." — Stephen Colbert, at the White House Correspondent's Dinner 29Apr06
Post #263,799 by Ashton 8/4/06 3:15:04 PM Reply	ie 'That is a sentence structure up with which I Shall not put!' [??] {Sheesh} One phrase from er, Der Berk creates a vastly larger %dudgeon in these parts than That is, the number of Iraqi deaths in July approaches the number of civilians killed at Qana, on every day of the month. Look, in my processor it scans Just Fine: [read at the.. right.. pace] That is, the number of Iraqi deaths in July approaches.. the number of civilians killed at Qana: on. every. day. of. the. month. Y'see? Along with the immortal Great Dane, Victor Borge - creator of the "audible punctuation" skit: I deem that the problem with our written-forms is -- insufficient attention paid to the FACT that speech consists ... largely ... of appropriately inserted SILENCES ... ... especially where more than one idea is carried, usually within a subordinate clause. (The full-stop [.] need not define an end of some arbitrary 'sentence'. And today.. Everybody needs to slow. down. and let the brain/memory/experience ... catch. up. "Multitasking" is an Illusion, whenever it comes to any subtle communication / anything nuanced.) Er, cha. cha. cha. y'all
Post #263,804 by jb4 8/4/06 3:45:51 PM Reply	Yeah, OK...the sentence still sucks chorizo.... jb4 "So don't pay attention to the approval ratings that say 68% of Americans disapprove of the job this man is doing. I ask you this, does that not also logically mean that 68% approve of the job he's not doing? Think about it. I haven't." — Stephen Colbert, at the White House Correspondent's Dinner 29Apr06

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