Confusing headline!
Barbara Need
nee1 at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU
Fri Feb 2 17:27:22 UTC 2007
Found on CNN.com the following headline:
Accused killer of mom, fetus to face death penalty.
My first thought was that the fetus had killed its mother! (Actually,
the comma there is functioning as a coordinating conjunction.)
Barbara
Barbara Need
UChicago
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