[szweig]

I read this to mean he was dead at age six. "He got drunk at three and killed at six." Talk about a poorly cast sentence...

[Bahbah]

Talk about a poorly cast sentence...

They will do no better than their teachers are capable of, it seems to me.

[paulat]

I read this to mean he was dead at age six. "He got drunk at three and killed at six." Talk about a poorly cast sentence...

You're daft.

It's read as. "He got drunk at three and {he} killed at six."

The meaning is perfectly clear and finely cast.

[ruoflaw]

you don't like the saga?