[Ads-l] Dangling possessive

[Dan Goncharoff]

It does reflect how one speaks, if not how one writes.

On Thu, Oct 6, 2022, 12:51 AM victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was surprised when I read the first graf of this story. It's easy to see
> where the structural defect came from but proofreaders failed to catch it.
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> https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/heidi-ganahl-colorado-furries-identify-b2196410.html?amp
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> A Republican gubernatorial candidate in Colorado's claims that students are
> dressing up as cats and other furry animals has been widely denied by a
> selection of school districts in the state.
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