"Anania and other friends of Elizabeth Edwards were reacting to a lengthy interview with Hunter published Monday by GQ. It was the first time Hunter has spoken publicly about the affair that ended John Edwards’ political career and produced a 2-year-old daughter, Frances Quinn. "
Read more: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/35926541/ns/today/#ixzz0ii865lnT
One could easily conclude that the "love child" of Edwards and Hunter was two years old when she was born but you and I both know that isn't true. The writer would have been correct in writing that "the affair that ended John Edwards' political career produced a daughter, Francis Quinn, who is now two years old." Another interesting thing about the paragraph is the use of the word "and" which implicates the possibility of the event happening again. If the union of Hunter/Edwards had in fact produced a two year old named Francis Quinn, I doubt seriously that event could ever be duplicated and if it is, I don't believe the second two year old would be named Fancies Quinn.
I'm sure glad this writer wasn't penning a legal document or a technical piece because it could be confusing. What I think is sad is that such poor writing as this doesn't bother most people. Someone wrote "Whose the father?" and when someone pointed out that whose was incorrect, a third person responded that it doesn't really matter since who's and whose is pronounced the same.
Maybe in a text message using u and r is acceptable to save time and effort, but if one wants to convince me they know what they are writing about, one really needs to know that the u is you and the r is are and that a carrot and a karat, while pronounced the same, aren't interchangeable.
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