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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Colors could disappear from terror alert system

(Yahoo! News)


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Colors could disappear from US terror alert system = So, it's 'Rulers may dump carrot-colored false reports?'

Colors could disappear from terror alert system = Or, Pres may dump all colored terrorist forecasts
(by Dharam)
By Anu Garg

4 comments :

  1. AnonymousJuly 15, 2009 at 9:36 PM

    The correct usage here necessitates "its" rather than "it's". Otherwise--really nice!

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  2. Anu GargJuly 15, 2009 at 10:15 PM

    Thanks for your note. I mulled about its/it's before posting this anagram. As I see it, it works both ways:

    So, it's rulers may dump carrot-colored false reports [so it is that rulers may dump ...]

    So, its rulers may dump carrot-colored false reports [so USA's rulers may dump ...]

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  3. AnonymousJuly 16, 2009 at 9:13 AM

    If you choose the "it's", however, quotation marks of some kind (or italics) are necessary...

    So, it's 'rulers may dump carrot-colored false reports'?

    ...otherwise it will be read as a mis-spelled its, as nothing indicates the necessary change of vocal tone to indicate the ironic mock quote.

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  4. Anu GargJuly 16, 2009 at 9:24 AM

    Good point! I've amended it.

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