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Misreading headlines

  • July 1, 2008
  • Vincent
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Whale meet ends with peace agenda

What? A whale died because of a peace agenda?

Ohhh… A meeting about whaling ended, the conclusion being a peace agenda.

My misinterpretation would have been moot if I had stopped to consider the grammatical structure. Another headline misreader wasn’t so fortunate…

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