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Re:Writing well by nobody9999 on Thursday November 26, 2020 @10:09AM (#25220616)
I didn't "correct" anything. Those are all Safire's words and none of mine.

Safire was using sarcasm through those examples to get his point across.

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Re:Writing well by eganist on Thursday November 26, 2020 @10:13AM (#25220651)
The original:

https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/04/archives/on-language-the-...

> • Verbs has to agree with their subjects.

But I saw what happened. Googling Safire's rules, the "helpful" top result via Google quoted a source that misquoted Safire, which I'm guessing is how it made it into your comment. So no worries.

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Re:Writing well by FemmeAndroid on Thursday November 26, 2020 @10:29AM (#25220795)
Thanks for this. I was stuck trying to figure out that line.
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Re:Writing well by nobody9999 on Thursday November 26, 2020 @10:43AM (#25220925)
Thank you for the correction and the original link.

It's much appreciated!

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