Dangling modifiers and literal minds

IE: I shot an elephant in my pajamas.

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  • I was confused by this headline yesterday: "Campaign to ban London's 'floating' bus stops" - what is a floating bus?! That sounds cool! Why would people campaign to ban it? Maybe it's a good thing the campaign has stopped! But when I clicked the link and read the article it was of course the bus stops which were called floating, and they don't literally float.

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  • I was confused by this headline yesterday: "Campaign to ban London's 'floating' bus stops" - what is a floating bus?! That sounds cool! Why would people campaign to ban it? Maybe it's a good thing the campaign has stopped! But when I clicked the link and read the article it was of course the bus stops which were called floating, and they don't literally float.

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