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Loki Harfagr (l0k1@thedarkdesign.free.fr.INVALID) 2009/01/19 11:41

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Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:39:11 +0000, Frederick Williams did cat :

> Seen here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/obama_inauguration/7837193.stm:
>
>      Roads and bridges into Washington will be closed to traffic, with
>      sniffer dogs on the subway.
>
> Is that correct English?  I see no connection between what occurs before
> the comma and what occurs after.

 at the best it'd be US-newspaperish, circular thinking and slow fingers ;-)

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