The root behind most (meaningful) objections to bad grammar comes back to clarity - by using poor grammar, the writer obfuscates the meaning of a sentence. In t

The root behind most (meaningful) objections to bad grammar comes back to clarity - by using poor grammar, the writer obfuscates the meaning of a sentence. In this case, the meaning is perfectly clear, and it is pretty obvious what the original quote is. Writing a whole article nit-picking something like this is obnoxious and silly.