Couldn't resist...

This is taken from an article on cnn.com:

"U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal became the nation's youngest governor and the first nonwhite to hold post in Louisiana since Reconstruction when he carried more than half the vote to defeat 11 opponents."

Can you spot what's wrong? It's funny...

Hint: a word or phrase that modifies a noun must be next to the noun it modifies.

The answer is in the comments section...

Where have we gone?

The Syntax Sisters are currently on hiatus. We continue to care about grammar and correct everything in sight, but for the time being we have stopped posting.
If you would like to see our return, please email us at syntaxsisters@yahoo.com.
We might be enticed back!