[Ads-l] Agreement with the closest, or...

[Jonathan Lighter]

In the next stage, it won't even to be closest.

CNN reporter Jasmine Wright, honors graduate of the University of Illinois
- Champaign:

"As he said yesterday in the Rose Garden, the devil are in the details."


JL


On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 6:34 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> As I'm sure we've all noticed,  "agreement with the closest" is now 97%
> normal, even in (non-academic) edited prose.
>
> JL
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 9:36 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> …reanalysis of “phobia” as a plural?  This is (presumably) edited prose,
>> a headline from a local news web site
>>
>> Phobia of crowds rise as state
>> continues to loosen restrictions,
>> Yale psychologist says
>>
>>
>> https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/phobia-of-crowds-rise-as-state-continues-to-loosen-restrictions-yale-psychiatrist-says/
>>
>> LH
>>
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> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
>


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