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by user123321 » Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:44 am
Is it historically verifiable that Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address while riding to Gettysburg on a scrap of paper?

a) while riding to Gettysburg on a scrap of paper?
b) as he rode to Gettysburg on a scrap of paper?
c) on a scrap of paper while riding to Gettysburg?
d) on a scrap of paper while he rode to Gettysburg?
e) while riding to Gettysburg on a buggy?

[spoiler]OA not available, I am stuck between C & D. your ideas are highly appreciated.[/spoiler]

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by chieftang » Thu Dec 08, 2011 12:37 pm
The answer is C.

But I love the idea of riding on a scrap of paper!
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by hoji » Thu Dec 08, 2011 12:45 pm
IMO D
the reason:
in C, "while riding to Gettysburg" is ambiguous, because this phrase comes after "on a scrap of paper" and as if it refers to "paper": paper was riding to Gettysburg when Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address;
it would be OK, if it were written as: "while riding to Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln..."
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however, in D "he" in "while he rode..." is referring unambiguously to Abraham L.
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