• njm1314@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    What things? How are you reading it that’s what I’m not understanding either. You say it can convey multiple things but I’m not seeing it.

    • Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca
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      22 hours ago

      I replied to someone else with this but I’ll post it here as well.

      The comma does the heavy lifting and is unfotunately ambiguous.

      Democrats vote down resolution calling for arms embargo on Israel, recognizing Palestinian state

      This could easily mean:

      Democrats vote down resolution that is calling for arms embargo on Israel and recognizing Palestinian state

      Democrats vote down resolution that is calling for arms embargo on Israel while recognizing Palestinian state

      In the case the resolution is unnamed in the headline:

      Democrats vote down resolution thus calling for arms embargo on Israel and recognizing Palestinian state

      Democrats vote down resolution thus calling for arms embargo on Israel, recognizing Palestinian state in the process