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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Does "a rejoinder" mean "a quick reply to a question or remark" here?
Context:
J Med Ethics. 1985 Dec;11(4):196-7.
More:
J Med Ethics. 1985 Dec;11(4):196-7.
Physicians' strikes--a rejoinder.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Glick%20SM%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=4078858.Abstract
The author, a physician, rejects a previous defence of a doctors' strike. There is little justification for strikes in general, still less for doctors' strikes, he claims. Should not doctors rather 'stand above the common herd' and set an example, he asks. Furthermore the whole idea of strikes in which a third and innocent party is deliberately punished in order to apply pressure on someone else is a 'a bizarre ethic indeed' and not to his knowledge justified under any ethical theory.More:
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Yes, a rejoinder is a quick reply. It is often either angry or funny.
- Yes, a rejoinder is a quick reply.
- It is often either angry or funny.
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Yes, a rejoinder is a quick reply. It is often either angry or funny.
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Thanks.
In the sentence "The author, a physician, rejects a previous defence of a doctors' strike,"
Has it clearly/grammatically pointed out that the previous defence is made by the author?
In the sentence "The author, a physician, rejects a previous defence of a doctors' strike,"
Has it clearly/grammatically pointed out that the previous defence is made by the author?
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I would say it is not made clear who made the previous defence; merely that one was made, and this doctor disagrees with it.
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