[Ads-l] Dangling possessive

[Andy Bach]

Doesn't it work? Say if you replace "A Republican gubernatorial candidate
in Colorado" with "Bill" so
 "Bill'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."

though I guess it'd be "have been"

On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 8:39 AM Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/heidi-ganahl-colorado-furries-identify-b2196410.html?amp
> >
> > 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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