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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Failed to understand "Machine recovery waits for the grader good"

According to the report (weirdly I could understand everything of it), the title seems to mean "The rescue of the grader continues to wait for a proper time."
Does "machine" refer to the grader? "Waits for good" mean "waits for a good time"?

Context:

Machine recovery waits for the grader good



By Hannah Spray, The StarPhoenix July 2, 2013 7:05 PM

More:
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/saskatoon/Machine+recovery+waits+grader+good/8607171/story.html
  

Top answer

'The grader good' is a pun on the phrase 'the greater good'. Greater good: for the benefit of the many, not the few. The greater good is the safety of individual rescuers: "The Environment Ministry isn’t requesting the grader be removed because of the risk it would pose to individuals having to enter the river"

— Mister Micawber

  • 'The grader good' is a pun on the phrase 'the greater good'.
  • Greater good: for the benefit of the many, not the few.
  • The greater good is the safety of individual rescuers: "The Environment Ministry isn’t requesting the grader be removed because of the risk it would pose to individuals having to enter the river"
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'The grader good' is a pun on the phrase 'the greater good'.

Greater good: for the benefit of the many, not the few.

The greater good is the safety of individual rescuers: "The Environment Ministry isn’t requesting the grader be removed because of the risk it would pose to individuals having to enter the river"
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Thanks. The machine here refers to the grader itself?
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NL888The machine here refers to the grader itself?
Yes.
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