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Date: October 22nd, 2014 3:31 AM Author: Disrespectful field 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: Charismatic Amethyst Water Buffalo 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: Disrespectful field (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: Charismatic Amethyst Water Buffalo 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: Disrespectful field 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: cracking light heaven "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: Disrespectful field 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: impertinent disgusting meetinghouse gay wizard 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: fighting sanctuary *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: cracking light heaven 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: drab plaza 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: Swashbuckling Naked Crackhouse 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: Disrespectful field 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: Swashbuckling Naked Crackhouse 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: Disrespectful field (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: cracking light heaven 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: Disrespectful field 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: cracking light heaven 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: Disrespectful field 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: magical indian lodge 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: Disrespectful field (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: Floppy jade idea he suggested 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: Floppy jade idea he suggested 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: Territorial Gas Station 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: Disrespectful field (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: Disrespectful field (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: Territorial Gas Station (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26784405) |