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To: Baynative
Be sure not to miss the next to the last sentence in the article!

Here it is...

Law enforcement officials have not confirmed where the two men are from.

Wow! How right are you! Terrible! A sentence in a major news outlet that is actually ending with a preposition! My English teacher would be turning over in her grave!!

2 posted on 08/27/2011 8:34:16 AM PDT by China Clipper (My favorite animals usually are found next to the rice on my plate.)
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To: China Clipper
The perps are from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.....of course, all you sillies!

Leni

6 posted on 08/27/2011 8:39:25 AM PDT by MinuteGal (Too Bad Those of Us who Work for a Living Have to Support Those who Vote for a Living)
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To: China Clipper

LOL - it almost distracts from the bias.


10 posted on 08/27/2011 8:47:07 AM PDT by Baynative (If the government was in charge of the desert , we'd soon have a shortage of sand.)
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To: China Clipper
A sentence in a major news outlet that is actually ending with a preposition

It may violate that old chestnut of a rule, but it doesn't seem to offend; and it's hard to think of a superior construction. How would you write it?

I think the poster was hinting at an illegal alien angle, not the grammar.

12 posted on 08/27/2011 8:47:40 AM PDT by Minn (Here is a realistic picture of the prophet: ----> ([: {()
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To: China Clipper

Ah ha! Knew it. They’re illegals. There’s so many marijuana farms in Oregon and Washington run by illegals that it’s become a major business for the area. The only thing I’m surprised about is this was on private land because many are in state and national forests.


20 posted on 08/27/2011 9:37:00 AM PDT by bgill (just getting tagline ready for 6 months after you vote in Perry - Tried to warn you he's a RINO.)
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