# Cheek Bone Implants

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheek-bone-implants/597090>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [September 21, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheek-bone-implants/597090 "2011-09-21T17:45:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheek-bone-implants/597090/1 "2011-09-21T17:45:45Z")

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I have a question for clarification for the article

[Cheek Bone Implants](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/601/can-i-get-cheekbone-implants).

The first paragraph reads

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> Funny you should mention this, but some years an edition of the distinguished medical journal Self, available at finer grocery counters everywhere, discussed just such a procedure.

Does this mean that there have been multiple years where this procedure was discussed, or is there an implied “ago” after years meaning that the article was written a few years ago?

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**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheek-bone-implants/597090/2 "2011-09-23T22:08:58Z")

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That article sounded like a completely different Cecil than all the other Cecils.

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**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheek-bone-implants/597090/4 "2011-09-26T15:30:14Z")

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Not really sure how that helps clarify the sentence. I am just having trouble parsing it.

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheek-bone-implants/597090/5 "2011-09-27T16:16:02Z")

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He’s saying “some years” should have been “some years ago”. The missing “ago” makes that sentence a hashup.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheek-bone-implants/597090/6 "2011-09-28T15:38:57Z")

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I’m assuming **Irishman** has it, and I’ll get it corrected. Thanks for finding it, **Zyanthia**

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheek-bone-implants/597090/7 "2011-09-28T16:02:52Z")

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Cecil’s Classic Columns have gone through a number of different formats over the years.

They were first published in the Reader, then collected in the Books, then run on AOL, and through at least two different sets of formatting on the Straight Dope website.

When you look at all the ways this data has been manipulated I’m amazed any of the content passes over intact to begin with.

An occasional gremlin does creep in. This was one of those times. It’s been corrected.