[Ads-l] Wrong preposition creates impossible situation

[Marc Sacks]

Yah, that would work. I think "...by her high school boyfriend" would be
enough information.

On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 12:50 PM Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> >  The following sentence appears in an article on Vox about how abortion
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> >  In =93Before and After,=94 which aired in 1996, 16-year-old Julia gets
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> >  with her high school boyfriend.
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> Does this fix the problem?
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> "Julia gets pregnant under her high school boyfriend."
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