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Corporal Strappi was a shouty man, but he was a damn political!



 
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Corporal Strappi was a shouty man, but he was a damn political! #1 (permalink) Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:13 am   Corporal Strappi was a shouty man, but he was a damn political!
 

Here, please take a look at this.

Quote:
"I only--"

"No onlys! I don't want no onlys! I don't want you to think that I am a shouty man, Halter! Corporal Strappi was a shouty man, but he was a damn political! Upon my oath I am not a shouty man but if you ain't back at your post inside of thirty seconds I'll rip yer tongue out!"


I think the writer meant "Corporal Strappi was a shouty man, but he was a damn political one", but why did he leave it out? Is this common?

And is it "of thirty seconds" the same as "in thirty seconds"?

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Corporal Strappi was a shouty man, but he was a damn political! #2 (permalink) Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:40 am   Corporal Strappi was a shouty man, but he was a damn political!
 

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1-- 'Political' here is used as a pronomial. It is a reasonably common practice in some contexts.

2-- inside of = in (= within)
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Corporal Strappi was a shouty man, but he was a damn political! #3 (permalink) Sat Jul 12, 2008 13:00 pm   Corporal Strappi was a shouty man, but he was a damn political!
 

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