Parallel syntactic structures and the twitterpocalypse

[Dan Goncharoff]

This is what happens when the "first read" is by the public, and not a copy
editor...

DanG


On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 7:12 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole <
adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Apparently, the authors and editor(s) of the following NBC News story
> believe that "same-race marriages" were illegal until 1967. Perhaps
> they were confused by the syntactically parallel structures: "same-sex
> marriages" and "same-race marriages".
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> Title: Gay marriage advocates win out in New Mexico; other state
> efforts more doubtful
> Authors: NBC's Vaughn Hillyard and Pete Williams
> Website: nbcnews.com
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> The court compared the lack of governmental interest in classifying
> marriages between same-sex couples to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1967
> ruling legalizing same-race marriages.
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> NBC News did tweet a link to this story. Evidence of the proof-reading
> twitterpocalypse?
>
> [Begin tweet]
> NBC News First Read @NBCFirstRead
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> Gay marriage advocates win out in New Mexico; other state efforts more
> doubtful http://nbcnews.to/1cUNXLa
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> 6:37 PM - 19 Dec 2013
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