Literal Reading Getting Me In Trouble

[Adam]

Looking through 6-7 this morning, I noticed something. 6-7-5 says the ball becomes dead on an official's whistle unless the try is in flight. 6-7-7 tells us that the ball becomes dead on a foul unless it's by the opponent and a try has begun. The way I see it, a literal reading of this rule would cause the ball to become dead in the following scenario, thus nullifying a basket.

1. Try begins.
2. B1 fouls shooter.
3. official blows whistle.
4. Try released.

I know it's not the intent, and it's not how it's done in practice. I'm talking about a literal reading of the rule, unless I'm missing something on this.