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21 Sep 06

BBC NEWS | Wales | Dirty Sanchez's movie premiere

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e which will take place at the Vue cinema in Cardiff a
- this looks like it should be a clause, indicating they are arriving at 7pm - unless it's not, in which case perhaps it's the premiere starting at 7pm - who knows? - on 2006-09-21
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were "normal mates"
- "were"? are they mates currently? - on 2006-09-21
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- id even though they "fall out constantly" t
  - this part should be a clause marked by two commas - on 2006-09-21
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- ts Jo
  - comma is required here - on 2006-09-21
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- nts Da
  - comma is required here - on 2006-09-21
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- in Bangkok - Pancho is given liposuction without anaesthetics - only beer.
  - the odd clause break means the sentence loses sense - on 2006-09-21
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- 'lust'
  - house style is to use double quotemarks for quotes - on 2006-09-21
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- from Wales - so not being here for the premiere - it wo
  - the clause is broken in the wrong place - and why does it employ hyphens, not commas? - on 2006-09-21
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- n - formerly a capenter with Torfaen Council -
  - why hyphens, not commas, for this clause? - on 2006-09-21
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- capenter
  - whoops! - on 2006-09-21
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- the Wales
  - "in _the_ Wales"? like in "Jonah and _the_ Whale"? - on 2006-09-21
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- they bo
  - ah? should be "the" - on 2006-09-21
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- lm th
  - missing a comma - on 2006-09-21
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- rld su
  - missing a comma - on 2006-09-21
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- ho fr
  - why no comma here like initial item? - on 2006-09-21
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- Cwmbran,
  - if comma is used to separate name from place, should be semicolon here, not repeat comma - on 2006-09-21
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- themselves are
- Looking
- anger in Moscow, Russia; envy in Ko Phi Phi and lust in Bangkok, Thailand; pride in Tokyo, Japan; gluttony in San Miguel, Mexico; and greed in the Dominican Republic
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