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Even absent a crisis....
0 I saw this sentence today in a AP news story: " 01 font 00 Even absent a crisis 02 font 00 , I believe that XM will inevitably serve its shareholders poorly without major changes now." 02 br
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00 'Even absent a crisis' appears to mean 'Even if a crisis is absent' from the context. If so, how does one come up with such a truncated phrase or clause? Is it according to a known and accepted grammar rule? 02 br
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00 'Even absent a crisis' appears to mean 'Even if a crisis is absent' from the context. If so, how does one come up with such a truncated phrase or clause? Is it according to a known and accepted grammar rule? 02 br
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0 I think it is a pretty dreadful phrase and an example of poor writing. The correct phrase to use here is 'Even without a crisis'. Some idiot decided that they wanted to 'fancy up the language' and substituted absent for without and ended up making a mess.
- 0 I think it is a pretty dreadful phrase and an example of poor writing.
- The correct phrase to use here is 'Even without a crisis'.
- Some idiot decided that they wanted to 'fancy up the language' and substituted absent for without and ended up making a mess.
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0 I think it is a pretty dreadful phrase and an example of poor writing. The correct phrase to use here is 'Even without a crisis'. Some idiot decided that they wanted to 'fancy up the language' and substituted absent for without and ended up making a mess. 0-
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10 I saw this sentence today in a AP news story: " 11 font 10 Even absent a crisis 12 font 10 , I believe that XM will inevitably serve its shareholders poorly without major changes now." 12 br
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10 'Even absent a crisis' appears to mean 'Even if
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