Tuesday, January 2, 2018

meaning - save for an addendum offered as a tip - what does that mean?


Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/08/15/ferguson-riots-play-big-in-russia/



Little in the state television reports is left to conjecture, save for an addendum offered as a tip to President Obama: that the Ferguson riots may not just be local, but have already become a national problem.



I can't understand what that means.



Answer




Which part do you not understand? I see three elements that may cause confusion.


Save for is used as a synonym for Except for.
An addendum in this case is an extra comment at the end of the original piece.
A tip in this case is a suggestion.


So the sentence suggests that the reporter has added a suggestion to the end of the report.


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