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This is not political..I just can't get it
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 137444" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I'm with Witz. Because the earlier text was talking about X and only referring to the father obliquely, then "he" is most likely to be X.</p><p></p><p>And yes, it is very badly written. The purpose of writing is to communicate, and because this is written so ambiguously, it doesn't communicate effectively.</p><p></p><p>I've been noticing lately just how sloppy is the writing of many journalists. I've even seen some very bad spelling mistakes in headings, mistakes made by using the wrong spelling of a word (which implies the copy editor doesn't fully understand the origins of his own language).</p><p>I do freelance editing at times, when I read I edit. It's perhaps the Aspie component in me.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 137444, member: 1991"] I'm with Witz. Because the earlier text was talking about X and only referring to the father obliquely, then "he" is most likely to be X. And yes, it is very badly written. The purpose of writing is to communicate, and because this is written so ambiguously, it doesn't communicate effectively. I've been noticing lately just how sloppy is the writing of many journalists. I've even seen some very bad spelling mistakes in headings, mistakes made by using the wrong spelling of a word (which implies the copy editor doesn't fully understand the origins of his own language). I do freelance editing at times, when I read I edit. It's perhaps the Aspie component in me. Marg [/QUOTE]
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