serial coordination

[Wilson Gray]

Another possibility: "… both in style and in the way they pitch …"

I think that Victor's point has to do with what is now regarded as
"mere" style and not with semantics. I, too, understand the meaning,
but, like Victor, I also have a WTF?! reaction to its expression.
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On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I would flip "both in" to "in both". That said, I knew what was meant.
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> On Jan 1, 2012, at 11:08 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>> Does this sound a touch questionable to anyone else?
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>> http://goo.gl/akG2k
>>> Williams compared Castro to former Sox Jose Contreras, both in talent
>>> and the way they pitch from a three-quarter arm angle.
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