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Anna: This was a real puzzler to an old guy on the verge of senility as my first reaction was to assume that while she was having the baby, the couple banned incoming telephone calls and thus it should have been "bans"
But then it slowly dawned that "ban calls" is an adjective and the headline means that there were calls for the couple to be banned from the country
This is a very important distinction and everyone should be immediately apprised
dalehileman
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Parse this! AnnaStrophic 06/20/06 01:57 PM Re: Parse this! dalehileman 06/20/06 02:52 PM Re: Parse this! Aramis 06/20/06 06:06 PM Re: Parse this! Bingley 06/21/06 04:24 AM Re: Parse this! Faldage 06/21/06 09:29 AM Re: Parse this! TEd Remington 06/21/06 11:12 AM Re: Parse this! nancyk 06/21/06 03:16 PM Re: Parse this! Buffalo Shrdlu 06/21/06 04:42 PM Re: partes orationis zmjezhd 06/21/06 06:52 PM Re: Parse this! Faldage 06/21/06 11:54 PM Re: Parse this! Buffalo Shrdlu 06/22/06 11:20 AM Re: Parse this! nancyk 06/22/06 12:38 PM Re: Parse this! Marianna 06/22/06 07:45 PM Re: Parse this! Sparteye 07/31/06 12:28 AM Re: Parse this! belMarduk 06/21/06 06:01 PM
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