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Jack112 Posted 19 years ago
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00 A city bylaw states cabbies are not allowed to refuse 11 b 10 fares 12 b 10 unless they believe the customer is 11 b 10 a 12 b 10 safety risk. 12 br1250href http://www.vancourier.com/issues07/025107/news/025107nn3.html
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10 1. A city bylaw states cabbies are not allowed to refuse 11 b 10 fares 12 b 10 unless they believe the 11 b 10 customer 12 b 10 is a safety risk. (Doesn't it make more sense that the cabby refuses a fare from the customer not fares? Thus, #2 is better?) 12 br
10 2. 10 A city bylaw states cabbies are not allowed to refuse 11 b 10 fares 12 b 10 unless they believe the 11 b 10 customers 12 b 10 are safety risks. 12 br
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10 For #2, is it a much better sentence than the quoted one? 12 br
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02 font 02 td 02 tr 02 table 01 blockquote 02 blockquote 11 font 00 1. A city bylaw states cabbies are not allowed to refuse 01 b 00 fares 02 b 00 unless they believe the 01 b 00 customer 02 b 00 is a safety risk. (Doesn't it make more sense that the cabby refuses a fare from the customer not fares?
- 02 font 02 td 02 tr 02 table 01 blockquote 02 blockquote 11 font 00 1.
- A city bylaw states cabbies are not allowed to refuse 01 b 00 fares 02 b 00 unless they believe the 01 b 00 customer 02 b 00 is a safety risk.
- (Doesn't it make more sense that the cabby refuses a fare from the customer not fares?
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- 02 font 01 font 00 A city bylaw states cabbies are not allowed to refuse 01 b 00 fares 02 b 00 unless they believe the 01 b 00 customers 02 b 00 are safety risks.
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0 Hi, 02 br
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0 I think the confusion is that the word "fare" is not only used to mean the money that is charged, but also to mean "a person or party who hires a cab." 02 br
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00 So when it says they can't refuse "fares," it means they can't refuse to pick up a person or a group, unless that person (or group) is likely to be dangerous in some way. It doesn't mean that they can (or should) r
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00 So when it says they can't refuse "fares," it means they can't refuse to pick up a person or a group, unless that person (or group) is likely to be dangerous in some way. It doesn't mean that they can (or should) r
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