Re:How a French scholar was treated at US airport
by infodroid on Monday February 27, 2017 @09:05AM
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That's just wrong. In the original comment, "as" was used as a preposition and not as a conjunction. But it is grammatically incorrect to use the preposition "as" to draw a comparison instead of "like". See for example: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/as-o....
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Re:How a French scholar was treated at US airport
by schtitt on Monday February 27, 2017 @09:31AM
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You all bring up good points, and I agree that the usage was imprecise and/or wrong, though the original comment did, IMO, contain enough information that you should be able to deduce with a significant probability (in the Bayesian sense) whether or not I am, indeed, the great French historian Henry Rousso!
Re:How a French scholar was treated at US airport
by infodroid on Saturday March 04, 2017 @08:40AM
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No, there wasn't enough information to conclude anything either way. That's why I asked the question.
Re:How a French scholar was treated at US airport
by afandian on Monday February 27, 2017 @10:03AM
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Ah well. You win. Congratulations? I'm not here to argue over grammar. It seems like you have sufficient grip on the language to have understood the comment you quibbled with.
Re:How a French scholar was treated at US airport
by infodroid on Monday February 27, 2017 @11:49AM
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This isn't a competition. While I appreciate that you were only trying to be helpful, in reality proposing false theories doesn't add anything of value to a discussion, especially when the issue can be settled with a basic web search.