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To: concretebob

There, fixed it...


107 posted on 03/09/2006 8:57:16 PM PST by concretebob (If Islam is the religion of peace, bill clinton is the international spokesman for abstinence.)
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To: concretebob

hrmn... a better structure would be "If Islam is the Religion of Peace, Bill Clinton is a Paragon of Abstinence"

the structure you now have sets a contrary-to-fact clause in comparison to a clause in which the actor *could* be such a (lying through his zipper's teeth) spokesman.


109 posted on 03/09/2006 9:46:58 PM PST by King Prout (many accuse me of being overly literal... this would not be a problem if many were not under-precise)
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