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Lane — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:02:51 GMT

Three good rewrites.

How about this one: "This method can be used to remove a judge who becomes too ill or intellectually diminished to serve"?

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Savita — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:15:23 GMT

Spanish and English are both Indo-European languages. This means that many thousands of years ago, they had a common ancestor.

This method can be used to remove judges who are so ill or intellectually diminished that they can no longer serve.
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This method can be used to remove a judge who is so ill or intellectually diminished the judge can no longer serve.

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Lane — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:53:16 GMT

You're right, of course. People can certainly "serve" on the bench without being effective. We were hoping for a revision that would eliminate "he or she," a not-incorrect, but somewhat awkward, wording. Any ideas about that?

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Lane — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:49:33 GMT

In other people, they're hangups. In ourselves, they're knowledge, wisdom, and good taste. Thanks for dropping in.

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Dennis — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:47:03 GMT

In the first sentence I feel that the addition of the adverb "effectively" would make the meaning clearer.

This method can be used to remove a judge who is so ill or intellectually diminished that he or she can no longer serve "effectively".

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Dennis — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:43:04 GMT

My hang-up is the misuse of apostrophes. But then they do affect meaning so I think MY hangup is justified. Don't we all!

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Steve Rayle — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:33:31 GMT

I prefer the comma after B. Meanings can easily be be confused without the comma. Consider the following entry where a comma after B would be useful.

“I dedicate this book to my parents, Lisa Goodread and God.”

Hmmm…