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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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Does "and all but welcoming" mean "and so forth except welcoming"?
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This is what Obama's liberal supporters would like to hear, the Obama of their 2008 dreams, setting out the purpose of his second term and all but welcoming the opposition he is bound to face. The domestic agenda is clear enough. The Newtown massacre demands action on guns; immigration reform is long overdue; and looming over everything is the same problem that dominated his first term: the economy and the quest for jobs.
This is what Obama's liberal supporters would like to hear, the Obama of their 2008 dreams, setting out the purpose of his second term and all but welcoming the opposition he is bound to face. The domestic agenda is clear enough. The Newtown massacre demands action on guns; immigration reform is long overdue; and looming over everything is the same problem that dominated his first term: the economy and the quest for jobs.
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NL888 all but welcoming almost welcoming (but not quite) CJ
- NL888 all but welcoming almost welcoming (but not quite) CJ
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NL888 the purpose (of his second term) is "almost welcoming"?No. You are parsing it wrong. "purpose" doesn't go with "welcoming".
the Obama ...,
1 (who was) setting out the purpose of his second term
and
2 (who was) all but welcoming the opposition he is bound to face.
CJ
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