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I can't parse this title. Which is the verb?

by remram 3y ago

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dylan604 3y ago
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- exegete 3y ago
  A judge calls this evidence from DOJ vs. Google an embarrassing exhibit?
  - ImPostingOnHN 3y ago
    (a judge) calls (this evidence from DOJ), ('an embarrassing exhibit') an exhibit, in this context, is a piece of evidence this one was embarrassing for google
    - kaz-inc 3y ago
      you guys remember the archaic "which" article that was on hackernews a few days ago? "DOJ vs Google evidence releases, which evidence judge calls embarrassing" found it!: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37629780 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37629780
      - hotnfresh 3y ago
        I loot authors I read for grammar, and I picked this and “nb” up from David Foster Wallace, who used both all the time. This usage of “which” is really handy for achieving clarity in certain situations.
wyldfire 3y ago
It's a sentence fragment without a verb. "DOJ v Google evidence release" is a noun phrase. If you wanted to rewrite it as a sentence and weren't constrained by conventions used in headlines, you could rewrite it as, "Evidence released in DOJ v Google case includes an exhibit that the Judge called embarrassing [for Google]"
- Aachen 3y ago
  Now I'm wondering what that noun phrase would be in Dutch, since that would make it clear it's one thing and not a phrase with a verb inside. Maybe "DoJ-versus-Google-bewijsmiddelpublicatie gênant genoemd door rechter"? Any Dutch in here that can say whether that's easier to read than the English title?
- remram 3y ago
  The problem is that all of "release", "calls", "exhibit", and even "judge" could be verbs, making this rather difficult. Especially if the title of this news turns out to not be an action ([This PDF is] ...) Even now it doesn't really make sense. This PDF is not an "evidence release", it is either evidence or a statement about released evidence. Unless that is a term of art in law?

4 ms·

I can't parse this title. Which is the verb?

by remram 3y ago

I can't parse this title. Which is the verb?

deleted 3y ago
[deleted]
dylan604 3y ago
Calls
- exegete 3y ago
  A judge calls this evidence from DOJ vs. Google an embarrassing exhibit?
  - ImPostingOnHN 3y ago
    (a judge) calls (this evidence from DOJ), ('an embarrassing exhibit') an exhibit, in this context, is a piece of evidence this one was embarrassing for google
    - kaz-inc 3y ago
      you guys remember the archaic "which" article that was on hackernews a few days ago? "DOJ vs Google evidence releases, which evidence judge calls embarrassing" found it!: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37629780 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37629780
      - hotnfresh 3y ago
        I loot authors I read for grammar, and I picked this and “nb” up from David Foster Wallace, who used both all the time. This usage of “which” is really handy for achieving clarity in certain situations.
wyldfire 3y ago
It's a sentence fragment without a verb. "DOJ v Google evidence release" is a noun phrase. If you wanted to rewrite it as a sentence and weren't constrained by conventions used in headlines, you could rewrite it as, "Evidence released in DOJ v Google case includes an exhibit that the Judge called embarrassing [for Google]"
- Aachen 3y ago
  Now I'm wondering what that noun phrase would be in Dutch, since that would make it clear it's one thing and not a phrase with a verb inside. Maybe "DoJ-versus-Google-bewijsmiddelpublicatie gênant genoemd door rechter"? Any Dutch in here that can say whether that's easier to read than the English title?
- remram 3y ago
  The problem is that all of "release", "calls", "exhibit", and even "judge" could be verbs, making this rather difficult. Especially if the title of this news turns out to not be an action ([This PDF is] ...) Even now it doesn't really make sense. This PDF is not an "evidence release", it is either evidence or a statement about released evidence. Unless that is a term of art in law?