PamQueue Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Has No Character
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/17/nyregion/lure-of-millions-fuels-9-11-families-feuding.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
"After Sept. 11, Ms. Wu accused Mr. Burke of thinking more about money than about Mandy. And while the courts have designated Mr. Burke the personal representative, Ms. Wu's lawyer, Michael Cervini, is trying to void the marriage. It will not be easy.
'I hope the American government can help me,' Ms. Wu said in a telephone interview from Taipei, Taiwan, where she now lives. 'Mandy was everything to me, and I'm very lonely without her. But her husband -- he has no character and no conscience.' "
Does "no character" mean he is boring?
"After Sept. 11, Ms. Wu accused Mr. Burke of thinking more about money than about Mandy. And while the courts have designated Mr. Burke the personal representative, Ms. Wu's lawyer, Michael Cervini, is trying to void the marriage. It will not be easy.
'I hope the American government can help me,' Ms. Wu said in a telephone interview from Taipei, Taiwan, where she now lives. 'Mandy was everything to me, and I'm very lonely without her. But her husband -- he has no character and no conscience.' "
Does "no character" mean he is boring?
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