Modifier patrol D | Tuesday, October 18, 2005The document surfacedas the White House struggled to reassure conservatives who have been critical of Miers' appointment, depicting her as a crony of President Bush who lacks the background or qualifications to sit on the high court.(link)
Ha ha. I crack myself up.
UPDATE: Apparently, some people are having trouble detecting why this is funny to me. I've underlined the funny part.
JOSH: OK. Here's one: the White House has been by instructed by Congress to compile a list of 400 government reports that should be eliminated as they serve little purpose and cost the taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. We'll assume though the modifier was dangling - they mean the reports serve little purpose and not Congress itself. (WW, Season 2, Ep 17)
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