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Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.
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The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church.
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In his diary entry for today George Orwell preserved a newspaper clipping on making macon (mutton cured like bacon). In that clipping is this extremely awkward sentence:
One [method] is to obtain a high-sided cask out of which the top and bottom have been struck.This is what happens when you contort your prose to avoid "errors" that aren't.
...a cask with the top and bottom struck out of itis better than this!)
I used to teach Russian and Ukrainian, and some basic English, to civil servants. Now I teach Russian at a local continued-learning institute. I dabble in Gaelic and Welsh. I'm am amateur photographer and I love birding (in a small way). I'm a Progressive, and a Freethinker, and I know Evolution is a fact - that's FCD, Friend of Charles Darwin (look down the sidebar). I read a lot, and follow women's college basketball. Also I love astronomy, though I'm a rank amateur at it. Most of all, I like living in the reality-based community...
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At 9:39 AM, January 23, 2010
Stan had this to say...
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At 9:49 AM, January 23, 2010
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->It is quite awkward. I would remove struck entirely, since there are many different ways to remove the top and bottom of a cask, and the chosen verb brings two prepositions in tow.
Thus:
cask whose top and bottom have been removed
or simpler again:
cask with top and bottom removed
I was doing minor surgery, so I left the writer's verb alone. But I agree with you: "removed" is better.
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