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To: Psalm 144
"Although used to prevailing in close general elections, Mr. Reid has a tougher-than-usual-road to hoe this year . . ."

ROAD to hoe? Man, that's tough for anybody. Now, ROW to hoe is more understandable.

I guess the lamestream media have decided that good diction and grammar are optional in these days of hope and change.

8 posted on 06/03/2010 10:00:24 AM PDT by behzinlea
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To: behzinlea

tougher-than-usual-road

Also, that last hyphen doesn’t belong in there. You hyphenate the adjectival phrase, but don’t include the noun.

It should read:

tougher-than-usual row

Illiterates all.


13 posted on 06/03/2010 10:13:16 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: behzinlea
This article is full of thypos, bad grammar etc

On the second page they have Tark in third place with 200%!

14 posted on 06/03/2010 10:18:21 AM PDT by Syncro (November is hunting season. No bag limit-Ted Nugent)
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To: behzinlea
Do you mean they know not about what they speak? Typical!
18 posted on 06/03/2010 10:36:13 AM PDT by Tucson Jim
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To: behzinlea

It’s because they spellcheck but spellcheck does not catch incorrect words. Writers and editors have become completely reliant on it and are now unbelievably lazy.


20 posted on 06/03/2010 10:52:37 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (I'd use the /s tag but is it really necessary?)
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