Miswritten cliche?
Wilson Gray
hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Fri Feb 24 06:08:44 UTC 2012
>From the NYT BR, 2/19/12, 13d:
"They … _executed_ suspected guerrillas …"
Shouldn't that read, in context:
"They … _summarily executed_ suspected guerrillas …"
?
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