Famous US skaters' reaction to ladies event 2014 Sochi.

http://q.usatoday.com/2014/02/20/sochi-olympics-adelina-sotnikov-carolina-kostner-reaction/

Thought it would be interesting for people to see that it is not only the "crazy Yuna fans/bots" that thinks the scores were inflated in Russia.

Only Russians would think the placements are fair. It is so obvious that Russia bought these medals. Adelina will forever be known for her rigged OGM. Hahahaha!!!!!!!

Do we need multiple threads on basically the same subject?

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From the article: Brennan: American skating insiders question Sochi judging:

Judges from the United States and South Korea, as well as two other Western judges, were not chosen by draw to work the women's long program after being on the women's short program panel the night before.

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Wow ... Christine Brennan is really trying to make something out of nothing with this piece of literary word-wizardry! I'm sure it has nothing to do with the grammatically correct version not fitting the ominous tone of her article...

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~~ Grammar 101 ~~


It is possible to: be chosen by draw; not chosen, or not drawn;
But impossible to: be not chosen by draw (since it is always the case that if you are drawn, you have been chosen).


Even manipulating the phrasing to try to give meaning to the sentence leaves you with either:

Of course neither statement is factually correct.

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~~ Self Reality Check ~~


I often find Ms. Brennan's work to be overly sensational; so perhaps I am being too nit-picky here in my criticism? Surely similar grammatical errors have been made before? if so, it's likely just coincidence it appears in the article.

Well, apparently not ...





Ms. Brennan is only the 2nd person in {Google search} history to ever pen the term "not chosen by draw". Even if we open it up to include the term "not chosen by a draw", Ms. Brennan still finishes in the historical 4th spot!

Millions of examples using the 'affirmative' connotations, yet only 3 previous uses ever of the negative...?? It seems an unlikely 'accidental' coincidence after all!

Long live sensationalism!
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Thread already exists here.