Comments on: Signs That We Are Living In A Post-Racial Era http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2008/11/18/signs-that-we-are-living-in-a-post-racial-era/ Constitution Fanboys Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:58:14 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: tim http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2008/11/18/signs-that-we-are-living-in-a-post-racial-era/comment-page-1/#comment-157653 tim Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:47:50 +0000 http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2008/11/18/signs-that-we-are-living-in-a-post-racial-era/#comment-157653 When all the black people in government are good democrats, not those house servant republicans that did it on their own. at least thats how it appears to me When all the black people in government are good democrats, not those house servant republicans that did it on their own.

at least thats how it appears to me

]]> By: Apollo http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2008/11/18/signs-that-we-are-living-in-a-post-racial-era/comment-page-1/#comment-157242 Apollo Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:02:53 +0000 http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2008/11/18/signs-that-we-are-living-in-a-post-racial-era/#comment-157242 The meaning of names can be strangely ambiguous sometimes. Just skimming through, I inferred a couple of commas into the first sentence of that story that changed the meaning enough to make me reread it: <em>Sources tell CNN’s Ed, Henry, and John, King Barack Obama has chosen...</em> That's a strange series of names. One guy has two first names, another has a title for a last name, and the third could pass for a third world potentate. A comma between King and Obama would have improved the clarity of the original, but journalists these days don't use enough commas. The meaning of names can be strangely ambiguous sometimes. Just skimming through, I inferred a couple of commas into the first sentence of that story that changed the meaning enough to make me reread it:

Sources tell CNN’s Ed, Henry, and John, King Barack Obama has chosen…

That’s a strange series of names. One guy has two first names, another has a title for a last name, and the third could pass for a third world potentate. A comma between King and Obama would have improved the clarity of the original, but journalists these days don’t use enough commas.

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