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| 45.1 | | GRAFIX::EPPES | | Fri Feb 01 1985 15:46 | 3 |
| States have capitol buildings, too.....
-- Nina
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| 45.2 | | Ghost::DEAN | | Fri Feb 01 1985 18:40 | 2 |
| If these police beling to the Capitol (building & its environs) is it wrong to
call them Capitol Police versus Capital Police?
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| 45.3 | | VIA::LASHER | | Mon Feb 04 1985 10:08 | 5 |
| If their jurisdiction is essentially limited to the building (plus "environs"),
what do they need all those cars for?
P.S. Yes, I realize that a preposition is a terrible thing with which to end
a sentence.
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| 45.4 | | GRAFIX::EPPES | | Tue Feb 05 1985 18:26 | 4 |
| RE .3 -- That is not a linguistic question. Perhaps you should move it to
SOAPBOX, if you really want to discuss it. If it was rhetorical, ignore
this reply.... :-)
-- Nina
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| 45.5 | | VIA::LASHER | | Wed Feb 06 1985 17:11 | 4 |
| Re .4 [Re .3]
Still soaplessly semantic. If they stay indoors, they are the "capitol" police.
If they drive around the city, they become the "capital" police.
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| 45.6 | | REGINA::LYNX | | Mon Feb 25 1985 20:50 | 2 |
| Don't be silly. The capital police are charged with enforcing the proper use
of upper case letters.
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| 45.7 | | BERGIL::WIX | | Fri Aug 16 1985 14:36 | 8 |
| Sigh, at the risk of continuing this discussion... The reason that they have
cars is to be able to roar around Beacon Hill to check on the reserved parking
places that the Legislature claims by Right of Imminent Domain 8^). The reason
they are afforded a special designation is so that you will know they have
enough pull to get this job and all that goes with it. They are supposed
to concern themselves with only the immediate capitol area.
Jack Wickwire
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| 45.8 | | TLE::WINALSKI | Paul S. Winalski | Sun Mar 02 1986 15:15 | 4 |
| If they called them the Capital Police, people would think that they were
really good at their job.
--PSW
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| 45.9 | Obnoxious floccinaucinihilipilificator, late again | TARKIN::WISMAR | Zdravstvuytye. | Wed Oct 26 1988 20:35 | 9 |
| Sigh. I'm going to do it again.
re .-2:
Is it really 'Imminent Domain [sic]'? Doesn't "imminent" mean "about to
arrive"or something to that effect? I would expect it to be "eminent."
(In self defense: Well, it is a grammatical notes file, technically....)
-John.
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| 45.10 | May be here any minute now. | SEAPEN::PHIPPS | Maybe her subroutines need debugging | Wed Oct 26 1988 23:33 | 14 |
| > re .7:
> Is it really 'Imminent Domain [sic]'? Doesn't "imminent" mean "about to
> arrive"or something to that effect? I would expect it to be "eminent."
With all respect John I think that was what the smiley-face was
for.
With the C-police speeding about; making sure no one parked in
the choice places; just in case one of the politicians is about
to arrive to park there. (ie imminent arrival)
But I could be wrong...
Mike 8^) who also wears glasses
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