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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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He was critical of these new, expensive job programs as just a form of pork barrel.
Is it correct syntax above?
How about this one?
He was critical of these new, expensive job programs (and thought of them) as just a form of pork barrel.
Bottom line: I am not familiar with that usage of as which is demonstrated in the first sentence.
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He was critical of these new, expensive job programs as just a form of pork barrel.
Is it correct syntax above?
How about this one?
He was critical of these new, expensive job programs (and thought of them) as just a form of pork barrel.
Bottom line: I am not familiar with that usage of as which is demonstrated in the first sentence.
I need your comment on this one.
Thanks
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" Your rewrite is just fine too.
- " Your rewrite is just fine too.
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Think of it as "as being"
Usually we say "pork barrel politics" or simply "pork." I don't think I've ever seen it as "pork barrel."
Your rewrite is just fine too.
Usually we say "pork barrel politics" or simply "pork." I don't think I've ever seen it as "pork barrel."
Your rewrite is just fine too.
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"Pork barrel politics" is used to refer to government-funded programs that benefit only a very specific group of people so that those people will vote for the person who sponsored that program in the next election. It's shortened to "pork."
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