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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.
by nobody9999 6y ago
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.
- eganist 6y agoThe original: https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/04/archives/on-language-the-fumblerules-of-grammar.html 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.
- FemmeAndroid 6y agoThanks for this. I was stuck trying to figure out that line.
- nobody9999 6y agoThank you for the correction and the original link. It's much appreciated!