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Ahn Posted 19 years ago
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01b00Senator Hillary Clinton 01font00led the way 00in a recent speech00 to abortion‐rights activists02font00. She said 01font00something so obvious and so right it's amazing it has taken this long for it to be uttered.02font02b02br
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01b001)02b00 00Does "led the way to abortion-rights activists" mean 'show the new way to abortion-right activists' or just 'lead the abortion-rights activists'?02br
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01b002) 02b00She said 01b01font00something so obvious and so right it's amazing it has taken this long for it to be uttered.02font02b02br
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01font00->00 02font00Is it "She said something 01font00so02font00 obvious and01font00 so02font00 right01font00 that02font00 it's amazing it has taken this long for it to be uttered'?02br
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1font 00Hi,02font 02br 02br 01b 00Senator Hillary Clinton 01font 00led the way 00in a recent speech00 to abortion‐rights activists02font 00. 02font 02b 02br 02br 01b 01font 02font 02b 02br 02br 01b 001)02b 00 00Does "led the way to abortion-rights activists" mean 'show the new way to abortion-right activists' or just 'lead the abortion-rights activists'? 01font 00She led the way is really just fancy and emphatic way of saying 'she led'.

— Clive

  • 1font 00Hi,02font 02br 02br 01b 00Senator Hillary Clinton 01font 00led the way 00in a recent speech00 to abortion‐rights activists02font 00.
  • 02font 02b 02br 02br 01b 01font 02font 02b 02br 02br 01b 001)02b 00 00Does "led the way to abortion-rights activists" mean 'show the new way to abortion-right activists' or just 'lead the abortion-rights activists'?
  • 01font 00She led the way is really just fancy and emphatic way of saying 'she led'.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00eg Mary's boss said to his employees 'Do you think this is a good idea'.
  • People were afraid to speak for a minute.
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