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'Tis possible.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=PeteyPie;8105995]You may be right. The problem is that if it is just describing the temporary state of the trailer, the adjective is superfluous. I mean, you wouldn’t load a pony into a closed trailer; it is obvious the door would be open. So it jumped out at me when I read it, as it did to other readers, that perhaps she was describing a type of trailer.
I mean, it would have been worded the same way with another adjective. She could have written,
“…ready to load her into the aluminum trailer with them continuing to tell my children she is their pony and going home with us…”
OR,
“…ready to load her into the stock trailer with them continuing to tell my children she is their pony and going home with us…”
OR,
“…ready to load her into the slant-load trailer with them continuing to tell my children she is their pony and going home with us…”
Again, you could be right, but I read it differently. I also think it is telling that the OP never refuted this or clarified it, even though it has been discussed several times. With all of her other protestations, I would have expected to hear her say, “Of course it was a normal enclosed horse trailer, and it was in very good condition,” or something to that effect. She never addressed that or the price of the tack.[/QUOTE]
I think that depends on when it was discussed. The OP bowed out awhile ago.