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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Gerrymandering

"It will also serve as headquarters for the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, the organization founded by Obama in 2014 to expand opportunities for boys and young men of color; and it will serve the national democratic redistricting committee, an initiative to reverse Republican gerrymandering led by former attorney general Eric Holder." (The Guardian.)

Is Eric Holder leading gerrymandering or reversing it?

  

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There's an initiative led by Eric Holder, and its purpose is to reverse gerrymandering. anonymous Is Eric Holder leading gerrymandering or reversing it? He is leading the efforts to reverse it.

  • There's an initiative led by Eric Holder, and its purpose is to reverse gerrymandering.
  • anonymous Is Eric Holder leading gerrymandering or reversing it?
  • He is leading the efforts to reverse it.
  • He is not personally reversing it.
  • Further, gerrymandering is not something that can be led, so he's not leading it either.
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There's an initiative led by Eric Holder, and its purpose is to reverse gerrymandering.

anonymousIs Eric Holder leading gerrymandering or reversing it?

He is leading the efforts to reverse it. He is not personally reversing it. Further, gerrymandering is not something that can be led, so he's not leading it either.

CJ

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Hi

Good question. Mr Holder needs to be further up the sentence: he wasn't leading the gerrymandering. Under the administration of President Obama, he was the first African American to hold the position of U.S. Attorney General. I think we can safely say that the initiative, led by Eric Holder, seeks to reverse the Republican gerrymandering

Dave

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