Does this sound natural?

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The organic integration of fairness and efficiency is the ultimate destination, and the criminal diversion of pre-trial procedures is a product of the organic combination of both.

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[+3] - McTag - 09/30/2013 No, it doesn't sound natural to me. In general, when you have to read something several times to try to puzzle out what the author meant, then it should be presented in a different form. The...

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@oristarA,

"criminal diversion" Ori somehow bothers me

https://www.google.ca/#q=criminal+diversion+of+pre-trial+procedures+

Doubtless someone with legal background can better respond. However the phrasing seems redundant

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@oristarA,

No, it doesn't sound natural to me.

In general, when you have to read something several times to try to puzzle out what the author meant, then it should be presented in a different form.
The primary purpose of language is to communicate. So communicate, don't obfuscate.

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Excessively "wordy".

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@contrex,

contrex wrote:

Excessively "wordy".

Make it concise please.

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@oristarA,

oristarA wrote:

contrex wrote:

Excessively "wordy".

Make it concise please.

Difficult or impossible, because it is meaningless. Is it a machine translation from another language?

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@oristarA,

Is there a greater context to that, Ori?

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@JTT,

Nope. Looks someone has made the sentence and somehow it went to my online dictionary.

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@McTag,

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In general, when you have to read something several times to try to puzzle out what the author meant, then it should be presented in a different form.

This is false, McTag. There is much in so many disciplines that many readers do not understand. You could probably write a great deal from your field, engineering, is it, that many or most here wouldn't grasp.

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@oristarA,

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Make it concise please.

Some of us might try, Ori if you could translate it into everyday language we can address

However JTT above is quite right in his implication that the most literate might derive a meaning the rest of us can only guess at

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@JTT,

Another example of the tortuous workings of the brain of JTT.

Antisocial, antithetical, counterintuitive, sick.

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@McTag,

You just can't honestly address anything, McTag. Obfuscation is your game.

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Well guys, the game of fighting is over.

Have a nice day.

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@oristarA,

I will. How many threads is it now, do you think, that JTT has ruined with his silly antics?

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@McTag,

McTag wrote:

I will. How many threads is it now, do you think, that JTT has ruined with his silly antics?

None.
Because emotional leaking tells us true English in use. Wink

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@McTag,

You are nuts, McTag. You provide a constant stream of nonsense regarding language and you think being corrected for that is ruining a thread. Finally, the peeves threads are pretty much dead but you want to revive the oppportunity for people to propagate lies.

Quit your whining and use your brain - when you do you provide some pretty fair notions.

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@JTT,

The latest brainfart from the sick man of A2K.

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@McTag,

You're still whining, McTag, but you've still provided nothing regarding the actual language issues. You're as bad as Contrex. Smile

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@JTT,

JTT wrote:

You're still whining, McTag, but you've still provided nothing regarding the actual language issues. You're as bad as Contrex.

I don't think so. For example, McTag recommended me GuardianUnlimited to read, which has good English.

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@oristarA,

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For example, McTag recommended me GuardianUnlimited to read, which has good English.

That's good, Ori, and this is what McTag should limit himself to.

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