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I\u2019m having a hard time making sense of this sentence from a CNN.com page<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Stubbornly high unemployment \u2014 nearly 15% for those ages 20-24 \u2014 has made finding a job nearly impossible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
First, the sentence is this: \u201cStubbornly high unemployment \u2026 has made finding a job nearly impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Second, 15% of 20-24 yr olds is unemployed.<\/p>\n
Third, my heart genuinely goes out to the unemployed \u2014 of all age groups. A student told me today her father lost her job. I sympathize with such folks.<\/p>\n
But, fourth, if only<\/em> 15% of 20-24 yr olds is unemployed, how is that \u201cimpossible\u201d? It means 85% are employed. It\u2019s not nearly impossible. In fact, those numbers show that most do find a job.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I\u2019m having a hard time making sense of this sentence from a CNN.com page. Stubbornly high unemployment \u2014 nearly 15% for those ages 20-24 \u2014 has made finding a job nearly impossible. First, the sentence is this: \u201cStubbornly high unemployment \u2026 has made finding a job nearly impossible.\u201d Second, 15% of 20-24 yr olds is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nSay What?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I'm having a hard time making sense of this sentence from a CNN.com page. 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