watch those dangling modifiers

An AP article (found via Drudge) about researchers who have developed a way to synthesize crude oil from pig excrement yields this ungrammatical monstrosity:

Like most farmers, much of the manure from Dumoulin's hogs winds up as fertilizer.

The doomsayers are right: America is a scary, fucked-up country. We won't hesitate to turn our farmers into fertilizer once they've outlived their usefulness. This is the true meaning of Social Security.

Language quibbles aside, I think you'll find the article interesting. I support all research that makes us less dependent on other countries for fuel.


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