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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Front Page, Today's Newspaper

The headline says the guv won't run again. The cutline below the photo says “she won’t seek re-election with her husband, Mike,” and other members of the family. Misplaced commas — one missing and two inserted to indicate the governor may have more than one husband. Let's try it again: "she won't seek re-election, with her husband Mike..."

1 comment:

Ann Arundel said...

These things happen when you're rushing to press (I edit a newspaper). Cut them some slack.