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Grammar/syntax in New York Times piece

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river215
 
Reply Thu 10 Apr, 2014 07:39 am
New York Times, Sunday Review, "Bye-Bye, Baby", April 6, 2014

The following sentence in the article "Sub-Saharan Africa also makes up a substantial portion of countries with estimated fertility rates between three and four: Notable exceptions include Iraq, Jordan, the Philippines and Guatemala. ... "
Due to the use of colon, this sentence reads to me that Iraq, Jordan, the Philippines and Guatemala in Sub-Saharan Africa, which is incorrect. I wrote in. NYT disagrees with my reading. Would like to know how you read it.
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Reply Thu 10 Apr, 2014 07:46 am
@river215,
Context is everything. Post the whole paragraph.
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