Transitive verbs ruled not inherently argumentative

[Benjamin Barrett]

With a state amendment to be on the ballot in California this fall to
prohibit same-sex marriage, supporters went before a judge claiming
that "eliminate" in the title is "argumentative, misleading and
prejudicial, because it was a negative, active transitive word..."

Judge Frawley disagreed: "There is nothing inherently argumentative or
prejudicial about transitive verbs, and the Court is not willing to
fashion a rule that would require the Attorney General to engage in
useless nominalization."

Judge upholds ballot summary for gay-marriage measure
San Jose Mercury News by Mike Swift
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10140389?nclick_check=1

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