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Adventures In Sentence Construction

by Al Yellon

Grammar mavens, what’s wrong with this tweet?

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@Rockies
Colorado Rockies#Rockies agree to 2-year contract with catcher Ramon Hernandez after passing a physical examination by Rockies medical staff.
Dec 12 via TweetDeckFavoriteRetweetReply

↵That’s right. The entire Rockies organization didn’t take a physical exam.

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Or who knows, maybe they did. Hidden feature of the new CBA?

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