Squinting agreement

[Barbara Need]

Interesting. That is one solution, of course--the other being "While
those data are...." I wonder how much the line break in the print
version between _that_ and _data_ contributed (I don't know how soon
these things get put into the column layout).

Another reason to prefer print! :-)

Barbara (who is remarkably atavistic for a computer geek!)

Barbara Need
Chicago

On 14 Mar 2010, at 4:09 PM, Garson O'Toole wrote:

> Barbara Need wrote
>>
>> In an article about race and identity in the census in today's
>> _Chicago Tribune_ I saw the following sentence: "What that data are
>> easier to quantify, critics say a rote list of boxes and checkmarks
>> can't adequately reflect all the racial and ethnic
>> transformations." (The antecedent of "that data" is "migration,
>> family
>> size and housing patterns.")
>
> An online version of the sentence observed 5 PM EDT March 14 has
> apparently been altered.
>
> Some multiracial people unsure how they fit in 2010 census
> By Oscar Avila, Dahleen Glanton, Tribune reporters
> March 14, 2010
>
> While that data is easier to quantify, critics say a rote list of
> boxes and checkmarks can't adequately reflect all the racial and
> ethnic transformations.
>
> http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-met-census-race-20100309,0,6367550,print.story

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