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Cause and effect
Posted by David Roberts at 12:31 PM on 05 Jun 2008
Here's a sentence from a new story in the WSJ:
The second-poorest state in the nation based on household income, West Virginia counts on coal to support its economy.
May I suggest a rewrite?
West Virginia counts on coal to support its economy; as a consequence, it is the second-poorest state in the nation based on household income.
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