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Originally Posted by widgeon13
It's Cali, they use a little literary license.
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That's what they do in 'Cali'? Literary license, eh? Literary as in 'well read'? Did you read the article?
"I don't recall making scaffold from I-beams of that size." "Scaffolding is by definition temporary high elevation access, that ain't it."
Regarding the above two observations, is the visual content of that photo really sufficient to warrant them?
Also, consider:
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A section of scaffold installed to protect cars from overhead construction collapsed onto eight of the border crossing's 24 northbound vehicle lanes shortly before 11 a.m., officials said. It left a mangled mess of
wooden planks, metal supports and black tarpaulin atop 15 vehicles that had just passed through inspection booths."
First, the bold black words describe what the
temporary structure's purpose is (the construction
will be completed).
Second, the bold black words also describe the materials with which the structure was built (materials commonly used to build scaffolding).
Third, pretend that you guys are the, most likely low level, newspaper writer writing the article, at the junior high school level that newspaper articles of this nature are usually written, and tell me, what word would you use to replace the
red word?
I'm just amused. Because it's amusing what banal and innocuous things form the basis for contentious remarks here.
