All I know about you is your one-sentence question, so I don't know whether you are 12 years old and feeling depressed or are the mother of a 12-year-old who has depression.

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Which leads to the next false assumption in the sentence in question.

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At the Court of Appeal, lawyers for the Attorney General's Office argued the "deliberate and gratuitous violence" and "degradation and humiliation" of the crime called the length of his sentence into question.

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So, err, no, it would appear that the answer to the original question, is poverty a death sentence, is no.

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Before you read the next sentence, ask yourself this question: How many times have I checked my e-mail today?

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Reader and Arena Pharmaceuticals investor Charlie Brothers e-mailed me with this question today in response to my Arena post on one sentence in the complete response letter.

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As Carr observes in a sentence in which the passive voice is used, "a question has been raised whether the news media have done their job in keeping the American public informed" about the drone program.

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