[Ads-l] Wrong preposition creates impossible situation

[Jonathan Lighter]

I think it means they both got pregnant at the same time.

JL

On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 10:54 AM Marc Sacks <msacksg at gmail.com> wrote:

> The following sentence appears in an article on Vox about how abortion is
> portrayed on television:
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> In “Before and After,” which aired in 1996, 16-year-old Julia gets pregnant
> with her high school boyfriend.
>
> I imagine that the delivery, not to mention the relationship, would have
> been extremely difficult.
>
>
> --Marc Sacks
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