Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 18:20:05 -0500 (EST)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFAList at KeithLynch.net
Subject: [WSFA] Ambiguous headline
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

I recently saw the following alarming headline at CNN.COM:

  One of six New York men pleads guilty to aiding al Qaeda

I was rather distressed, until I read the story.  No, it doesn't
really assert that 1.67 million of the ten million male residents
of the Empire State have admitted to assisting terrorists.

It's a wonder we're able to communicate at all with this language.
--
Keith F. Lynch - kfl at keithlynch.net - http://keithlynch.net/
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