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Treated humane? Sat Oct 29, 2005 12:56 pm  Treated humane?		  
Hi, this is what I have just heard on CNN:

"... to make sure the detainees are treated humane."

Shouldn't it be

"... to make sure the detainees are treated humanely"?
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Humane/ly Sat Oct 29, 2005 13:24 pm  Humane/ly		  
Hi Andreana,

I agree with you. It would need a great stretch of imagination to accept the adjective form here.

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