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Rex Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Sartorial foray

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01b00World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz may be dedicated to freeing the world from poverty - but he seems unable to afford a new pair of socks.02b00 02br
00Mr Wolfowitz's sartorial deficiencies were revealed when he took his shoes off while visiting a mosque in Edirne, western Turkey. 02br
00Both of the grey socks sported holes with his big toes peeking through. 02br
00The last World Bank annual report, for 2006, puts the president's salary as of 1 July, 2005, at $391,440 (£200,279). 02br
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00'Mr Wolfowitz was in Turkey on a two-day visit that included a meeting with Prime Minister Reycep Tayyip Erdogan. 02br
00Mr Wolfowitz strongly backs Turkey's bid to join the European Union. 02br
00On his trip he also met homeless men at a shelter in Istanbul who are being helped by a World Bank-financed scheme. 02br
00In an earlier sartorial foray in the media, in the Michael Moore film Fahrenheit 9/11, Mr Wolfowitz was seen to spit on his comb before running it through his hair ahead of a television appearance.02br
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01font00I can't fathom out the the last sentence of the above.02br
001. He dropped his comb.02br
002. He spit on it.02br
003. He stamped on it too.02br
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00Then he picked it up and combed his hair using it.02br
00Is my understanding correct?02font02br
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0 00sartorial foray = attack/raid (in this case news report/article) on the clothing habits of a person02br 00 0-

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0 00sartorial foray = attack/raid (in this case news report/article) on the clothing habits of a person02br
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0 01font00I can't fathom out the the last sentence of the above.02br
001. He dropped his comb. 01font00??02font02br
002. He spit on it.02br
003. He stamped on it too.01font00??02font02br
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00Then he picked it up and combed his
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0 1. Not true. There's nothing to suggest dropping the comb. 02br
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00 3. Took the comb and combed his hair. 02br
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00 Yes, Feebs is right. 0-
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0 Would it be correct to say 'sported holes' ?02br
00I have holes in my socks too.02br
00There are some holes in some of my pairs of socks which I wear when I am training at the gym. I am training 3 times a week at a gym. I don't mind using holed socks when wearing sports shoes.02br
00I would accept if you say there are holes in his socks.0-
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0The writer is gently ridiculing the minister for wearing old and hole-filled socks by using "sported" in this case. To "sport" an item of clothing is a rather old-fashioned way of saying "wearing", and has an undertone of elegance and fine tailoring -- for example, sporting a natty jacket.02br
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0> correct to say 'sported holes' ?02br
00 Yes. Make public, display publicly. 0-
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0 Marius02br
00If you wear an old trouser which has some holes, would you say 'sported holes' ?0-
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10If you wear an old trouser which has some holes, would you say 'sported holes' ?12br
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10If you mean to be ironical, yes. 0-
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