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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on... by AnthonyMouse on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @02:11AM (#13479380)
> If "in-person" doesn't mean "physically at the inauguration" what does it mean then? It is not ambiguous.

The ambiguity isn't what "in-person" means, it's what "both in-person and around the globe" means. Does it mean "both 1) in person and 2) around the globe (each independently)" or does it mean "both (the total sum) in person and around the globe"?

Obviously the second is more strained, but it's not completely absurd, especially if you allow for the inelegant phrasing common in live briefings.

It's easy to find things like this if what you're really looking for is to start a fight.

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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on... by jaredklewis on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @02:49AM (#13479563)
Good point. Of course, it's still total B.S. since they just made the claim up.

On the other hand he spent the whole press conference talking about metro ridership, the national parks service, and the physical event, which leads me to think in context that they weren't talking about tv. Never even mentioned the word tv actually.

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