Timeline for Who is ‘Sarah Palin impersonator’?
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| Feb 14, 2011 at 11:22 | comment | added | Robusto | @Yoichi Oishi: 難しいですね。 | |
| Feb 14, 2011 at 10:46 | comment | added | Yoichi Oishi | Thanks Robusto-san. I was either comfortable with #2, simply because of my sticking to number issue of noun. But it seems the matter is more concerned with the depth of understanding of American culture as you say. To be regret, that is beyond non-native learner’s ability. | |
| Feb 14, 2011 at 9:23 | comment | added | Robusto | @Yoichi Oishi: Oishi-san, #2 would be the "correct" answer, but there is more nuance than that. The bit about the impersonator was thrown into the article as a stylistic flourish meant to trivialize the outcome of CPAC and get a laugh from the reader. To a non-native speaker, it must seem to be a bit of a "red herring" — a misleading extra piece of information that can only distract and confuse those who do not have an extensive familiarity with American culture. | |
| Feb 14, 2011 at 4:46 | comment | added | Yoichi Oishi | I got three alternative interpretations of the Sala Palin’s impersonator in singular form in the above question. They are: 1. it’s simply a metaphor, not referring to a specific person or persons. Therefore, it is not unnatural to be in singular form. 2. There was an actual, literal Sala Palin impersonator in the conference. Therefore it’s in singular format. 3. The Sala Palin’s impersonator means all participants or individual participant of CPAC as a mass. Therefore, it can be treated in singular form as a collective noun. All explanations sound reasonable. What the conclusion is? | |
| Feb 14, 2011 at 3:16 | comment | added | Yoichi Oishi | Robusto-san. So impersonator here is not refering to an actual impersonator whom High Dour Arch mentioned, and who performed something in the conference, but to 'every' voters who conceives him /herself Sala Palin's followers? | |
| Feb 14, 2011 at 1:14 | comment | added | avpaderno | +1 for the analysis, and for adding something that has not been said in other answers. | |
| Feb 14, 2011 at 0:49 | history | answered | Robusto | CC BY-SA 2.5 |