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0 pointsnobody99995y ago0 comments

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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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.

FemmeAndroid5y ago

Thanks for this. I was stuck trying to figure out that line.

nobody9999OP5y ago

Thank you for the correction and the original link.

It's much appreciated!

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