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Re:Tycoon Xavier Niel says he was spy who hacked ex-French p... by MiroF on Monday May 25, 2020 @10:17AM (#23301357)
Only in your incredibly contrived interpretation of the english language. "Former" would be better here but there is still not any significant ambiguity as to what is meant.
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Re:Tycoon Xavier Niel says he was spy who hacked ex-French p... by philipov on Monday May 25, 2020 @10:22AM (#23301410)
It's clear what they meant to say, but that doesn't make it correct. Just because someone can understand me when I'm speaking broken Russian doesn't mean my grammar is suddenly good.
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Re:Tycoon Xavier Niel says he was spy who hacked ex-French p... by MiroF on Monday May 25, 2020 @10:24AM (#23301427)
If it's clear what you're saying, then it is okay to say it. Nobody said anything about formal correctness until now.
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Re:Tycoon Xavier Niel says he was spy who hacked ex-French p... by philipov on Monday May 25, 2020 @10:26AM (#23301442)
Newspaper headlines ought to be formally correct.
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