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To: RomanSoldier19
The vandal — a 30-year-old homeless sources said has an extensive criminal history — was undeterred.

A 30-year-old homeless *what*? I thought this might be a new workaround to avoid mentioning a person's sex, but the next sentence starts, "He ...," so it isn't that.

9 posted on 09/20/2020 2:13:50 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("What we can see of God's canvas is laughably small." ~Bp. Barron)
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To: Tax-chick
I would say that vandal is probably the subject with homeless being the adjective.

The sentence would make much more sense like this.

The 30 year old homeless vandal, with an extensive criminal history according to sources, was undeterred.

But news writers seem to think that dashes are cool and commas outdated.

17 posted on 09/20/2020 2:26:40 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (And lead us not into hysteria, but deliver us from the handwashers. Amen!)
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