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In response to "I sort of get why you would, but I'd never put on there." by Reagen

the fragment needs to be flushed down the crapper and replaced. I'm just saying, given the shit I'm working with, that's where it goes. -- nm

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) May 18 '09, 08:25

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"even assess for and alert, authorities if it senses identity fraud"? - Reagen May 18, 08:27 14
- one might argue, correctly even, that between "alert" and "authorities" is the single most obvious and worst place to put a comma in the sentence. -- nm - TFox May 18, 08:28 1
  - and one would be wrong. -- nm - loosilu May 18, 08:29
- no no no. "Assess for, and alert, authorities." Oh, I see the problem. I'm not moving it, I'm adding a second one. -- nm - loosilu May 18, 08:27 11
  - but "authorities if it senses identity fraud" can't stand alone as a clause. - Reagen May 18, 08:30 4
    - isn't that the same as my previously posted rewrite? -- nm - loosilu May 18, 08:31 3
      - maybe? I didn't see it. -- nm - Reagen May 18, 08:32 2
        
        here. not even in the IM! -- (link) - loosilu May 18, 08:33 [Backboard] 1
        
        Yes, the rewrites are better. I was meaning if you kept the order of the words the same. - Subversive May 18, 08:37
  - and you are still wrong, because the thing doesn't assess for authorities. -- nm - TFox May 18, 08:29 5
    - Correct. -- nm - pmb May 18, 08:31
    - I ... crap. dammit. fuck fuck fuck. THe sentence still sucks! -- nm - loosilu May 18, 08:29 3
      - thank you. -- nm - TFox May 18, 08:32 2
        
        hate. -- nm - loosilu May 18, 08:34 1
        
        you'll do better next time. i still have hope for you. commas are really hard. - TFox May 18, 08:36
nope. -- nm - TFox May 18, 08:26

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