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Why God Never Received Tenure at the University He had only one major publication. It was {in obscure languages.} It had no references. It wasn't published {in a refereed journal.} Some even doubt he wrote it himself. It may be true that he created the universe, but what has he done {since then?} His cooperative efforts have been quite limited. The scientific community has had a hard time replicating his results. He never applied {to the Ethics Board} {for permission} to use human subjects. When one experiment went awry he tried to cover it up [Note] {by drowning the subjects.} When subjects didn't behave as predicted, he deleted them {from the sample.} He rarely came {to class,} just told students to read the Book. Some say he had his son teach the class. He expelled his first two students {for learning too #1 much.} Although there were only ten requirements, most students failed his tests. His office hours were infrequent and usually held {on a remote
mountaintop.}
Donna Kleiner, Internet e-mail 3/21/97
Note 1. An unimportant
but interesting little question arises here. Although we consider "much"
as the object of the verbal "learning," [Don't worry if you don't
understand that -- it will become clearer when we get to verbals.]
it is actually an adjective to an ellipsed "stuff." That is why "much"
is modified by the adverb "too."
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