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Date:      Wed, 12 Apr 2000 18:19:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Grammar
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004121818490.4872-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.com>
In-Reply-To: <200004122318.TAA00470@server.baldwin.cx>

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On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, John Baldwin wrote:

> Our object is to cement trade relations further.
> 
> There, what's ambiguous about that? :)

	Dangling participle.

-- 
Excess on occasion is exhilarating.  It prevents moderation from
acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
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