Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1286 Location: Saranac Lake, N.Y.
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<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Jim Thomsen: It strikes me that this lead can almost be read to mean that Castro is a) the father of Elian Gonzalez; b) an Olympic track medalist; and c) a popular folk singer. The only thing that saves this lead from outright stating such is the "are," which indicates more than one object precedes it -- but that may be too fine a distinction for already overwhelmed readers.<hr></blockquote><p>I don't like the lede either, but you'd need a comma after the last item to read it the way you suggest.
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