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MeggPhaggSioux Posted 15 years ago
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Early Years Raised By
From some newspaper:
"Today, Mary is a successful journalist with a Harvard degree which her father paid for, after her early years raised by her mother on welfare."
I thought one could raise a child. How do one raise someone's early years? Maybe "her early years raised by" should have been "her early years in which she was raised by"?
"Today, Mary is a successful journalist with a Harvard degree which her father paid for, after her early years raised by her mother on welfare."
I thought one could raise a child. How do one raise someone's early years? Maybe "her early years raised by" should have been "her early years in which she was raised by"?
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Hi, It's certainly an abbreviated form of a longer phrase like the one you suggest. Nevertheless, I wouldn't call it incorrect. The meaning seems perfectly clear.
- Hi, It's certainly an abbreviated form of a longer phrase like the one you suggest.
- Nevertheless, I wouldn't call it incorrect.
- The meaning seems perfectly clear.
- It's typical of the kind of thing that we say every day, relying on the common sense of our listeners.
- Clive
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Hi,
It's certainly an abbreviated form of a longer phrase like the one you suggest.
Nevertheless, I wouldn't call it incorrect. The meaning seems perfectly clear. It's typical of the kind of thing that we say every day, relying on the common sense of our listeners.
It's certainly an abbreviated form of a longer phrase like the one you suggest.
Nevertheless, I wouldn't call it incorrect. The meaning seems perfectly clear. It's typical of the kind of thing that we say every day, relying on the common sense of our listeners.
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