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Old 08-Nov-2006, 04:41
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Default Re: Half a man

The phrase is the same whether you use the determiner "a" or "the" but there has to be some context, so I'll provide it for you.

"President Bush is half a man without Karl Rove." but then some would say that Bush has half a brain.
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