Today I heard a radio interviewer talking with a politician about House seats that could go to Republicans. It went like this:
Politician: “I think there may be 100 contested seats.”
Reporter: “So you think 100 seats could go to the Republicans?”
Followed by confusion due to the fact that neither of them could work out how to use English to distinguish “there are 100 Democrat seats such that that seat could be won by Republicans in the next election” from “the Republicans could gain 100 seats in the next election”.
Today I heard a radio interviewer talking with a politician about House seats that could go to Republicans. It went like this:
Politician: “I think there may be 100 contested seats.”
Reporter: “So you think 100 seats could go to the Republicans?”
Followed by confusion due to the fact that neither of them could work out how to use English to distinguish “there are 100 Democrat seats such that that seat could be won by Republicans in the next election” from “the Republicans could gain 100 seats in the next election”.