[Ads-l] Transitive "cater to"

[Dan Goncharoff]

Just pointing out that "apps THAT catered to conservatives" would also work.
DanG


On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 2:14 PM Mark Mandel <markamandel at gmail.com> wrote:

> From *Axios*
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> https://www.axios.com/conservative-media-app-downloads-parler-rumble-8d347297-4fae-4292-bc67-423f71dff51f.html
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> *Conservatives build alternate digital universe*
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> Over the past six months, apps catered to conservatives have hit new
> milestones, although they are starting to lose some of the traction they
> gained in the month following the aftermath of the Capitol siege.
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> I would have expected "catering *to*". This seems to assume a sense like
> "produce and deliver".
>
> As well, "following" is redundant with "aftermath".
>
> Mark Mandel
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