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OT-An oddly phrased headline I just saw.....


Heroic Louisiana police dog finds missing 14 year-old with autism


That makes it sound like the dog used autism to find the kid. 

Perhaps the headline "Missing autistic teen found by heroic Louisiana police dog" may have been more clear, Mr. Editor?




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That had not occurred to us, Dude.

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What would you expect from Louisiana. Just be glad those journalists can write at all, being literate is rare in that state.

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I'm not saying that it's grammatically incorrect, just oddly phrased in an amusing way.




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That had not occurred to us, Dude.

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Secondly, nobody is really going to think that a dog used autism to find a teenager because that doesn't make any sense whatsoever!

What if the dog was profoundly autistic, but, had a savant, almost "Rain Man"-like(or "Rain Dog"-like)ability for tracking and hunting?

What do you have to say about that. KatyHunn?!




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That had not occurred to us, Dude.

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A rainman pinscher?


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How about, "Heroic Louisiana police dog finds missing autistic 14 year-old (or teen)" ?



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They're what's known as garden path sentences. Tresspassing some garden path sentences up to 20 years. http://allthingslinguistic.com/post/36385656700/my-favourite-garden-path-sentences


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