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.
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Here's the answer:
"U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal became the nation's youngest governor and the first nonwhite to hold post in Louisiana since Reconstructionwhen he carried more than half the vote to defeat 11 opponents."
The modifier starts at "when."
He carried half the votes during the Reconstruction? I thought he was the youngest governor, not the oldest...
Are you laughing yet? See, grammar can be funny...
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