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Re:Without Power, Puerto Rico Is Cash Only by khedoros1 on Sunday October 01, 2017 @02:14AM (#15376661)
For citizenship, yes. They're saying that not knowing English makes it harder to work in the US:

- Puerto Ricans are US citizens

- So as long as they know English then [working in the U.S. is] relatively easy.

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Re:Without Power, Puerto Rico Is Cash Only by djKianoosh on Sunday October 01, 2017 @08:31AM (#15377556)
thanks for clarifying I think verelo must have missed the word "so"
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Re:Without Power, Puerto Rico Is Cash Only by verelo on Sunday October 01, 2017 @10:23AM (#15377964)
I don’t think I did, where would you put it? Seems by the downvotes I offended someone, I don’t really know where but keen to correct it if that is the case!
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Re:Without Power, Puerto Rico Is Cash Only by veidr on Sunday October 01, 2017 @11:38AM (#15378311)
What djKianoosh means is that you missed reading the word "so", leading you to read the comment as:

"Puerto Ricans are US citizens as long as they know English..."

...instead of:

"Puerto Ricans are US citizens so as long as they know English..."

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Re:Without Power, Puerto Rico Is Cash Only by verelo on Monday October 02, 2017 @12:45PM (#15385414)
Gotcha! That makes way more sense and addresses my original question for sure, thank you!
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Re:Without Power, Puerto Rico Is Cash Only by dmd on Sunday October 01, 2017 @11:33AM (#15378296)
What the comment says: "Puerto Ricans are US citizens so as long as they know English ... it's relatively easy"

What you think the comment says: "Puerto Ricans are US citizens as long as they know English"

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Re:Without Power, Puerto Rico Is Cash Only by verelo on Sunday October 01, 2017 @10:25AM (#15377975)
right, I totally get how English would help getting a job. I thought the post implied that it was a requirement for citizenship, which seemed odd since no one would speak English at birth anyway.
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