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Date: October 22nd, 2014 3:31 AM Author: chrome abode http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/rehabilitation-california-ballot-propositions
"The state has an exceptionally progressive tax structure—wealthy people, who disproportionately pay capital-gains taxes, have especially high income-tax rates—and many rich people." |
Date: October 22nd, 2014 3:34 AM Author: hyperactive aromatic private investor twinkling uncleanness bad writing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26563714) |
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Date: October 22nd, 2014 3:34 AM Author: chrome abode (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26563717) |
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Date: October 22nd, 2014 3:37 AM Author: hyperactive aromatic private investor twinkling uncleanness 4.5/10
http://comm.stanford.edu/first-daniel-pearl-intern-chosen-vauhini-vara/ |
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Date: October 22nd, 2014 3:38 AM Author: chrome abode lol can't believe this dumb-bitch got into Stanford (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26563730) |
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Date: October 22nd, 2014 3:47 AM Author: 180 obsidian theater stage "She is from Mercer Island, Washington."
FYI, this is a suburban area filled with strivers and Jews. No surprise there. |
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Date: October 22nd, 2014 3:48 AM Author: chrome abode when did she graduate? she seems under 30, and to be writing on The New Yorker, that's pretty impressive. Although her prestige is only in that she writes for The New Yorker, but not for her prose, which sucks balls. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26563775) |
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Date: October 22nd, 2014 3:51 AM Author: Stimulating azn if you didn't know going into it where daniel pearl worked, her blurb at the bottom would be a great darkly ironic vignette. four paragraphs about how important it is to her to tell the stories of the common man and the proletariat, leading up to her humble acceptance of an internship at the fucking wall street journal. i mean, christ. everyone at elite schools who isn't going to be a doctor or a STEM PhD should be gassed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26563786) |
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Date: October 22nd, 2014 10:59 AM Author: Mustard Kitchen *poor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26564599) |
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Date: October 22nd, 2014 3:37 AM Author: 180 obsidian theater stage Did you see the legit typos in the NYT recently? Crazy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26563724) |
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Date: October 22nd, 2014 3:37 AM Author: smoky vibrant business firm fanboi 180 very evocative (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26563727) |
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Date: October 22nd, 2014 3:39 AM Author: comical bistre location that emdash is longer than the rest of the sentence (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26563736) |
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Date: October 22nd, 2014 3:41 AM Author: chrome abode what comes after the emdash ("and many rich people") makes this sentence a rancid TTT. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26563742) |
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Date: October 22nd, 2014 3:45 AM Author: comical bistre location this guy was like hey let's put the sentences inside other sentences like nesting dolls and connect them all with emdashes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26563758) |
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Date: October 22nd, 2014 3:46 AM Author: chrome abode (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26563765) |
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Date: October 22nd, 2014 4:00 AM Author: 180 obsidian theater stage Sometimes that can be an effective writing technique -- and when I say effective I mean it looks good and can convey a certain meaning to the reader -- but it frequently just confuses and obfuscates the main point the writer is trying to convey. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26563810) |
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Date: October 22nd, 2014 4:03 AM Author: chrome abode The author in the OP doesn't know how to use it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26563819) |
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Date: October 22nd, 2014 4:05 AM Author: 180 obsidian theater stage I agree that she doesn't -- millennials usually ignore standard grammatical rules in favor of shortcuts typical among their tech-savvy generation -- and it hurts the overall article. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26563823) |
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Date: October 22nd, 2014 4:05 AM Author: chrome abode 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26563825) |
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Date: October 22nd, 2014 11:03 AM Author: laughsome amethyst field Oh SHOWER me with your effortless emdash aptitude, grammarPIG! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26564631) |
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Date: October 23rd, 2014 12:42 AM Author: chrome abode (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26569433) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 8:56 AM Author: Vivacious market kitty cat Rofl (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26784445) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 8:56 AM Author: Vivacious market kitty cat Tbf isn't this more a SYNTAXPIG thing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26784447) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 8:57 AM Author: Electric tantric pit PWN! PWN! PWN! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26784450) |
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Date: October 22nd, 2014 10:53 AM Author: chrome abode (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26564562) |
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Date: October 22nd, 2014 10:59 AM Author: chrome abode (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26564598) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 8:42 AM Author: Electric tantric pit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26784405) |