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Rate the grammar and syntax of this sentence in The New Yorker

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/rehabilitation-calif...
Excitant chapel
  10/22/14
bad writing.
emerald jet-lagged fortuitous meteor
  10/22/14
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Excitant chapel
  10/22/14
4.5/10 http://comm.stanford.edu/first-daniel-pearl-intern...
emerald jet-lagged fortuitous meteor
  10/22/14
lol can't believe this dumb-bitch got into Stanford
Excitant chapel
  10/22/14
"She is from Mercer Island, Washington." FYI, t...
Zombie-like Elastic Band
  10/22/14
when did she graduate? she seems under 30, and to be writing...
Excitant chapel
  10/22/14
if you didn't know going into it where daniel pearl worked, ...
Naked windowlicker
  10/22/14
*poor
Brilliant ladyboy
  10/22/14
Did you see the legit typos in the NYT recently? Crazy.
Zombie-like Elastic Band
  10/22/14
180 very evocative
violent goal in life tank
  10/22/14
that emdash is longer than the rest of the sentence
Carmine Regret
  10/22/14
what comes after the emdash ("and many rich people"...
Excitant chapel
  10/22/14
this guy was like hey let's put the sentences inside other s...
Carmine Regret
  10/22/14
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Excitant chapel
  10/22/14
Sometimes that can be an effective writing technique -- and ...
Zombie-like Elastic Band
  10/22/14
The author in the OP doesn't know how to use it
Excitant chapel
  10/22/14
I agree that she doesn't -- millennials usually ignore stand...
Zombie-like Elastic Band
  10/22/14
180
Excitant chapel
  10/22/14
Oh SHOWER me with your effortless emdash aptitude, grammarPI...
razzle-dazzle cocky boiling water
  10/22/14
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Excitant chapel
  10/23/14
Rofl
Vigorous pit
  11/24/14
Tbf isn't this more a SYNTAXPIG thing
Vigorous pit
  11/24/14
PWN! PWN! PWN!
Fuchsia round eye station
  11/24/14
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Excitant chapel
  10/22/14
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Excitant chapel
  10/22/14
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Fuchsia round eye station
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Date: October 22nd, 2014 3:31 AM
Author: Excitant chapel

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."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26563705)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 3:34 AM
Author: emerald jet-lagged fortuitous meteor

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: Excitant chapel



(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: emerald jet-lagged fortuitous meteor

4.5/10

http://comm.stanford.edu/first-daniel-pearl-intern-chosen-vauhini-vara/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26563723)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 3:38 AM
Author: Excitant chapel

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: Zombie-like Elastic Band

"She is from Mercer Island, Washington."

FYI, this is a suburban area filled with strivers and Jews. No surprise there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26563770)



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Date: October 22nd, 2014 3:48 AM
Author: Excitant chapel

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: Naked windowlicker

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: Brilliant ladyboy

*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: Zombie-like Elastic Band

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: violent goal in life tank

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: Carmine Regret

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: Excitant chapel

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: Carmine Regret

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: Excitant chapel



(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: Zombie-like Elastic Band

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: Excitant chapel

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: Zombie-like Elastic Band

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: Excitant chapel

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: razzle-dazzle cocky boiling water

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: Excitant chapel



(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: Vigorous pit

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: Vigorous pit

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: Fuchsia round eye 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: Excitant chapel



(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: Excitant chapel



(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: Fuchsia round eye station



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2706459&forum_id=2#26784405)