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Victor Steinbok aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM
Sat May 4 01:25:30 UTC 2013


Yes, I know this was "not correct" -- that was the whole point...

     VS-)

On 5/3/2013 7:35 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> At 5/3/2013 05:49 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>> Player in coma punched ref...
>>
>>      VS-)
> Just to be ultra-clear and pedantic, this too is not
> correct.  Although preferable to the original, since it uses the active voice.
>
> Rather, "Referee in coma after punch by soccer player" for something
> as short as the original.
>
> Joel

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