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

[Jonathan Lighter]

Three hours later, Wright has corrected her subject-verb agreement: "...the
devil is..."

But an interesting slip nonetheless.

JL

On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 9:38 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> "Have to be closest."
>
> JL
>
> On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 7:37 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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."
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
>> truth."
>>
>
>
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
>


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