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Bad edit of the headline; very bad. Makes it appear to mean the opposite of what is intended. Original headline was: "The DEA is withdrawing a proposal to ban
by Bud 10y ago
Bad edit of the headline; very bad. Makes it appear to mean the opposite of what is intended.
Original headline was: "The DEA is withdrawing a proposal to ban another plant after the Internet got really mad"
See the problem?
- btym 10y agoIt's not even grammatically correct. The original headline was fine.
- deathanatos 10y agoI think it's still grammatically correct. "withdraw" can be a verb; in this form it would be interpreted to mean "to leave from a place" (e.g., "the troops are withdrawing"). However, the title, as currently written, certainly doesn't mean what it was intended to mean. I.e., the way I'm parsing it is "(the DEA is leaving/retreating (to where isn't specified); once there, they're going to ban another plant); this occurred after the Internet got mad."
- btym 10y agoOop, you're right. It's awkward but it does technically make sense.
- sctb 10y agoThe article's original title needed editing to fix within the length limits, so the edited title from the submitter was likely just an accident or minor mistake. We've just updated it to clarify.
- riffic 10y agoThe title as given is awful, lacks context towards the plant being banned.