synecdoche: what if i make t-shirts for my nonexistent band I would listen to this band. “The White House has been instructed by Congress to compile a list of 400 government reports that should be eliminated as they serve little purpose and cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. We’ll assume, though, the modifier was dangling, they mean the reports serve little purpose, not Congress itself.” - Josh Lyman

synecdoche:

what if i make t-shirts for my nonexistent band

I would listen to this band.

“The White House has been instructed by Congress to compile a list of 400 government reports that should be eliminated as they serve little purpose and cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. We’ll assume, though, the modifier was dangling, they mean the reports serve little purpose, not Congress itself.”

- Josh Lyman