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JasonC
 Post subject: Stop it. Now.
PostPosted: Fri Dec 20, 2002 8:28 pm 
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(Hearst Newspapers), re: Lott<p>------------
A wealthy 50-year-old Harvard-trained surgeon, Frist chaired the National Republican Senatorial Committee and worked closely with Bush’s top political adviser, Karl Rove, to put the GOP back in control of the Senate in last month’s elections.<p>Poised and intelligent, Frist’s even-tempered bedside manner won high marks last year when he became Capitol Hill’s leading expert and adviser on anthrax after envelopes containing the deadly virus started arriving in congressional offices.
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pzicari
 Post subject: Re: Stop it. Now.
PostPosted: Sat Dec 21, 2002 12:28 am 
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... all wealthy surgeons chair Republican committees, just as all poised and intelligent bedside manners win high marks....<p>
A wealthy 50-year-old Harvard-trained surgeon, Frist chaired the National Republican Senatorial Committee <p>....
Poised and intelligent, Frist’s even-tempered bedside manner won high marks last year
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Rio
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 21, 2002 3:40 am 
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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica ,sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by JasonC:
Poised and intelligent, Frist’s even-tempered bedside manner won high marks last year when he became Capitol Hill’s leading expert and adviser on anthrax [...]<hr></blockquote><p>Don't they teach J-school students anything about dangling modifiers anymore?
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SusanV
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 21, 2002 10:12 am 
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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica ,sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Gary Kirchherr:
<p>Don't they teach J-school students anything about dangling modifiers anymore?<hr></blockquote>
Nobody teaches anyone anything remotely related to grammar anymore. <p>I'm going to stop here, before I go off on a rant that makes Dennis Miller sound like a cream puff. :eek:<p>[ December 21, 2002: Message edited by: SusanV ]</p>
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Emily Salmon
 Post subject: Re: Stop it. Now.
PostPosted: Sat Dec 21, 2002 7:18 pm 
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Pete Zicari:
[qb]... all wealthy surgeons chair Republican committees, just as all poised and intelligent bedside manners win high marks....<p>I get the point about the dangling bedside manners, but I don't get the point about the wealthy surgeons. Or the title of this thread, for that matter.<p>[ December 21, 2002: Message edited by: Emily Salmon ]</p>
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ADKbrown
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2002 7:04 pm 
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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica ,sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Emily Salmon:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Pete Zicari:
[qb]... all wealthy surgeons chair Republican committees, just as all poised and intelligent bedside manners win high marks....<p>I get the point about the dangling bedside manners, but I don't get the point about the wealthy surgeons. Or the title of this thread, for that matter.<p>[ December 21, 2002: Message edited by: Emily Salmon ]<hr></blockquote><p>Grammatically, I don't think there is anything wrong with the sentence about Frist being a wealthy surgeon. Logically, there is no connection between his medical background and his political appointment. The structure of the sentence, however, might suggest, to some, a causal link. I guess that's the point.
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