It's more a limitation of his general level of intelligence.

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"Donal" wrote in message
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"Dave" wrote in message
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On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 00:18:18 +0100, "Donal" said:

If you are correct, then why do you need to keep snipping your own
quotation? Huh?
Here it is again.
"How shameful that the commission's attack dogs hold their sacrifices
so
cheaply."

"Cheaply", in your quotation, is qualifying the verb "hold". As such,
it
it
obviously an adverb.

If you wish to disagree with me, then you should confine your comments
to
the actual quotation that we are discussing. Your attempts to bring in
other
examples are, patently pathetic, efforts to divert attention from your
initial error.

Sorry, Donal. You're just wrong on this one, and Jefferson was right.
Try
the exactly parallel construction: "We hold these truths
self-evidently"?
I
don't think so. "We hold these truths self-evident." Better? I think so.

Nonsense! You don't seem to be able to work with the original quotation.
That's OK. I'll try to move down to your level.

Example A: "We hold these truths self-evident."
Example B: "We hold these truths passionately."

By your arguments, Example B should be written as "We hold these truths
passionate".


Even someone with your limited understanding of basic grammar should be
able
to see that you are wrong.


Regards


Donal
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