Sometimes around here at the Review, we have to laugh. And we laugh and we talk about why we are laughing and then we giggle and then we laugh. We really do.Philip Klein's latest "Reader Mail" is a 'letter' from a 'reader' in Port Arthur. Let's take a look:
"I hear Mark Domingue is getting a job from our new incoming county judge. As my husband who has been a dedicated police officer for 10 years to the citizens of Jefferson County? I don't think so Mr. Klein!
What stands out immediately to anyone beyond the third grade is the incomplete structure of the second sentence and in particular the phrase, "who has been" which describes a noun with no corresponding verb or object.
This is a common Kleinian trait.
who has been covering the Breiner sex sting case
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who has been the virgin child in a political fight
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who has been widely credited for the attempt to stabilize the paper and its business affairs
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who has been sitting in the background
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Who has been saying that for years
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who has been number one in the market over the last decade
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who has been employed with BISD
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who has been a great contributor to our daily news operation
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I think it's pretty clear who has been writing their own reader mail again (Giggle).
