funny pronouns

[Joel S. Berson]

Or (if indeed "you" was in Colson's utterance)
In a conversation Feb. 13, 1973, with Charles W. Colson, a senior
adviser who had just told Nixon
"you [had always had] a little prejudice," ...

Joel

At 12/12/2010 12:28 PM, Ronald Butters wrote:
>YES, INDEED. The pronoun reference is unclear. Better:
>
> > In a conversation Feb. 13, 1973, with Charles W.
> > Colson, a senior adviser who had just told Nixon
> > that THE PRESIDENT had always had "a little prejudice,"
> > Nixon said he was not prejudiced but continued:
> > "I've just recognized that, you know, all people have certain traits."
>
>or alternatively
>
> > In a conversation Feb. 13, 1973, with Charles W.
> > Colson, a senior adviser who had just told Nixon
> > that COLSON had always had "a little prejudice,"
> > Nixon said he was not prejudiced but continued:
> > "I've just recognized that, you know, all people have certain traits."
>
>or maybe (but some will object that "the senior adviser" could be
>some third person):
>
> > In a conversation Feb. 13, 1973, with Charles W.
> > Colson, who had just told Nixon
> > that the senior adviser had always had "a little prejudice,"
> > Nixon said he was not prejudiced but continued:
> > "I've just recognized that, you know, all people have certain trait
>
>On Dec 12, 2010, at 11:33 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>
> >> In a conversation Feb. 13, 1973, with Charles W.
> >> Colson, a senior adviser who had just told Nixon
> >> that he had always had "a little prejudice,"
> >> Nixon said he was not prejudiced but continued:
> >> "I've just recognized that, you know, all people have certain traits."
>
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