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Reassuring tweet of the moment (Original Post) soothsayer May 2021 OP
I get it Laurelin May 2021 #1
You're right Sanity Claws May 2021 #2
Yeah I almost added parens that made it clearer soothsayer May 2021 #8
CDC blew it. sheshe2 May 2021 #3
September? n/t rzemanfl May 2021 #5
Sorry... sheshe2 May 2021 #6
They are easy holidays to confuse. n/t rzemanfl May 2021 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author sheshe2 May 2021 #4

Laurelin

(529 posts)
1. I get it
Fri May 21, 2021, 04:54 PM
May 2021

But I feel Random House shouldn't have written such an ambiguous text. Maybe "... people can still cancel plans, and instead, stay home and read. "

Sanity Claws

(21,849 posts)
2. You're right
Fri May 21, 2021, 05:03 PM
May 2021

Your punctuation and rewrite avoids the ambiguity.
Punctuation is important. There is big difference between "Let's eat Grandma," and Let's eat, Grandma!"

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
8. Yeah I almost added parens that made it clearer
Fri May 21, 2021, 06:15 PM
May 2021

But what the hay. I figured other reclusive folks like myself would get it.

Like:

The CDC says fully vaccinated people can still (choose to) cancel plans to stay home and read.

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