Thursday, September 23, 2010

A flurry of fatals, Pt. 3

You misinterpreted context

Like here . . .

Tuesday's introduction of a panhandling ordinance send the city's homeless on a one-way trip out of downtown . . .

. . . and here . . .

Complaints on vagrants land them a one-way bus ticket out of town.

The information given to you said the mayor planned to introduce the ordinance next Tuesday, which means it can't possibly be in effect right now. Yet, the use of the present tense here indicates it's already happening. Which it is not. Which is a fatal.

Make sure you say what you mean to say, and what is supported by the facts.

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