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What's Wrong With This Sentence
« on: April 19, 2015, 04:51:41 PM »
I found the below sentence in an article printed in the Yuma Sun newspaper. - Millet

"The ACP is a mosquito that has the ability to spread citrus greening, a crop-destroying disease."


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Re: What's Wrong With This Sentence
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2015, 06:51:42 PM »
Since when is an ACP a mosquito? Asian Citrus Psyllid is not related to a mosquito as far as I know.
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Re: What's Wrong With This Sentence
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2015, 07:13:25 PM »
HMHausman, you get a gold star. -Millet
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Re: What's Wrong With This Sentence
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2015, 09:01:41 PM »
Quote from: HMHausman on April 19, 2015, 06:51:42 PM
Since when is an ACP a mosquito? Asian Citrus Psyllid is not related to a mosquito as far as I know.

Well the ACP is draining the blood out of the citrus industry. Doesn't that make it a sort of mosquito?  ;)
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Re: What's Wrong With This Sentence
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2015, 03:46:43 AM »
Quote from: fruitlovers on April 19, 2015, 09:01:41 PM
Quote from: HMHausman on April 19, 2015, 06:51:42 PM
Since when is an ACP a mosquito? Asian Citrus Psyllid is not related to a mosquito as far as I know.

Well the ACP is draining the blood out of the citrus industry. Doesn't that make it a sort of mosquito?  ;)
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Re: What's Wrong With This Sentence
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2015, 06:24:32 AM »
They are not only in different Families they are different Orders ie Diptera  vs Hemiptera.Fly vs a bug which is on either side of the great divide in insects.The person who made the comment should not be speaking about insects.
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Re: What's Wrong With This Sentence
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2015, 06:10:56 AM »
Quote from: Mike T on May 02, 2015, 06:24:32 AM
They are not only in different Families they are different Orders ie Diptera  vs Hemiptera.Fly vs a bug which is on either side of the great divide in insects.The person who made the comment should not be speaking about insects.

Yes, it was very psillyd of him to make such a statement!
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Re: What's Wrong With This Sentence
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2015, 06:19:39 AM »
Yes Oscar he bugged a lot of people and I guess he took us for suckers but there is no need to fly off the handle I guess.
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Re: What's Wrong With This Sentence
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2015, 05:45:05 PM »
Touche!
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