Another News Item -- Was RE: Breeding

[Amy West]

Perhaps I'm being thick/dense/slow, but I don't see the problem with
the sentence that you do, so I'd appreciate some elucidation as to a)
the problem and b) how you'd fix it.

---Amy West

>Date:    Fri, 1 Jun 2007 09:40:42 -0400
>From:    Doug Harris <cats22 at FRONTIERNET.NET>
>Subject: Re: Another News Item -- Was RE: Breeding
>
>Absolutely correct. But the sentence implies the 600 have
>none of the appendages mentioned.
>And it would have been so easy to fix the sentence to say
>what was actually meant.
>(the other) doug
>
>
>On the other hand, soldiers who have lost their arms and legs but retained
>the use of their hands and feet could still be serviceable.
>
>--Charlie
>_____________________________________________________________
>
>---- Original message ----
>>Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 23:38:35 -0400
>>From: Doug Harris <cats22 at FRONTIERNET.NET>
>>Subject: Another News Item -- Was RE: Breeding
>>
>>Today's Washington Post (and other papers) carried an AP-bylined story with
>the headline, in the WP, "Amputee Soldiers Returning To Active Duty." Down
>in the story it was reported that:
>>         "So far, the Army has treated nearly 600 service members who have
>come back from Iraq or Afghanistan without an arm, leg, hand or foot."
>>
>>We can only hope that, regardless of what they might want, our government
>is _not_ sending these quadruple amputees back to active duty.
>
>>(the Other) doug

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