article sentence analyses

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00I was reading the May 14, 2008 (May (Web-only) article of the ChristianityToday magazine titled "Double Divorce" by Sarah Pulliam and have the following questions.02br
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00A paragraph from the article:02br
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00Wheaton's Community Covenant requires the upholding of "the sanctity of marriage between a man and woman." The college employee handbook states that the college will consider retaining a divorcing employee "when there is reasonable evidence that the circumstances that led to the final dissolution of the marriage related to desertion or adultery on the part of the other partner."02br
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00Recopy of the above paragraph:02br
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00Wheaton's Community Covenant requires the upholding of 1)"the sanctity of marriage between a man and woman." The college employee handbook states that the college will consider retaining a divorcing employee 2)"when there is reasonable evidence that the circumstances that led to the final dissolution of the marriage related to desertion or adultery on the part of the other partner."02br
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001. No 1 seems to be just a lifting of words for a highlighting purpose. I think I have asked in the past about this but didn't seem to have gotten clear answers. Does a lifting of words or phrases or clauses for a sole purpose of emphasis or an illustration allowed? No quoting of anybody's words but a writer's desire to hightlight the words or phrases or clauses.02br
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002. No. 2. seems to be a partial lifting or quoting from a source, in this case, it seems to be the college employee handbook. I think the writer could have quoted more but have decided to put quotation marks on that portion only for his purpose. Correct?02br
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003. Do you need to italicize what looks to be names of an online magazine, student newspaper and blog in writing? I think I have the name of a newpaper not italicized in writing. Partial sentences from the article: 02br
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00..., Gramm told 01i00Christinity Today02i00 in an e-mail 02br
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00Wheaton's student newspaper, 01i00The Record02i00, found ...02br
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00..., Alan Jacobs, wrote in a 01i00First Things02i00 blog post that ...02br
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004. I have trouble with the phrases like "less of something" or "more of something" or "less a thing" or "more a thing" -- when do we put "of" there and when not??02br
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00From the article:02br
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00"We leave issues like spiritual discipline in the hands of the churches, so there's less of a need for us to handle these issues," Calvin spokesman Phil de Haan said. 0-