tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961006065192244756.post3175551321890975601..comments2023-10-05T07:11:05.917-04:00Comments on Art at the Auction: Letters To My Editor: No One Deserves A Trial Editionpetplutohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01053307189721906583noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961006065192244756.post-71292313654421094692010-01-14T11:55:53.991-05:002010-01-14T11:55:53.991-05:00Your paper published that letter in the first plac...<i>Your paper published that letter in the first place? They must not get very many letters at all.</i><br /><br />Eh, they print a lot of stuff, but they do reject letters - mostly from my father. They also have a strict "one letter printed every 30 days policy", which generally stops me from writing in because I'm always worried about the next egregious letter that is printed.<br /><br />Allowing for all of that, the real reason the letter got printed is because my local paper is run by a conservative nut. The "Editorials" read like John Birch Society members have written them.petplutohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053307189721906583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961006065192244756.post-40384908764347269332010-01-14T11:13:30.801-05:002010-01-14T11:13:30.801-05:00Your paper published that letter in the first plac...Your paper published that letter in the first place? They must not get very many letters at all. <br /><br />Not to quibble with the guy or anything, but wasn't the terrorists' goal to kill a bunch of people, causing everyone else to panic? Failing that, wasn't it to force us into overreacting and becoming even more obviously evil so that the world would agree with Al Queda? The goal of "make Americans waste money" doesn't seem like it would need such an elaborate plot to carry out. We do that every second of every day anyway.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14569180426066178711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961006065192244756.post-68591915622602739212010-01-14T06:55:15.327-05:002010-01-14T06:55:15.327-05:00I like my modifiers dangling.
Especially since it...I like my modifiers dangling.<br /><br />Especially since it should read:<br />"Although it did not succeed in bringing down the plane, the <b>attempt</b> forced Americans to spend millions to put the would-be bomber on trial."<br /><br />;-D<br /><br />Also, we have not spent the money yet. So we will be spending, but have not yet spent.<br /><br />So maybe the best version yet would be:<br /><br />"Although it did not succeed in bringing down the plane, the attempt will force Americans to spend millions to put the would-be bomber on trial."<br /><br />I'll be sure to make this the focus of my rebuttal to the actual paper.petplutohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053307189721906583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961006065192244756.post-47483378315805998492010-01-14T06:40:57.367-05:002010-01-14T06:40:57.367-05:00Actually, the sentence should read:
"Althoug...Actually, the sentence should read:<br /><br />"Although it did not succeed in bringing down the plane, the attempted forced Americans to spend millions to put the would-be bomber on trial."<br /><br />Otherwise, it's a dangling modifier.mikhailbakuninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158822054353654203noreply@blogger.com