A caption from today's paper:
"Casey Anthony will be freed July 17 after she was acquitted of first-degree murder."
Someone needs to be arrested for this sentence! I had to read it several times because it was so weird. Let's banish the word "after":
"Casey Anthony, who was acquitted of first-degree murder, will be freed July 17."
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Friday, July 8, 2011
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Or replace it with a semicolon.
Where do you propose putting a semicolon?
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