A colleague sent me the following inquiry. My reply is below. ________________________________ Dick, Exactly what does this headline say/mean? Carol Bush voices support for anti-abortion rights opponents WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush marked the 34th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision Monday, telling thousands of abortion foes he shares their goal of seeing "the day when every child is welcomed in life and protected into law." ________________________________ From: Veit, Richard Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 5:26 PM Subject: RE: Say what? Carol, It says that Bush is an anti-abortion rights opponent support voicer. The writer strung more nouns together than he could handle. Without the anti- it would make some sense and would be merely atrocious. Dick ________________________________ Richard Veit Department of English University of North Carolina Wilmington To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/