[Ads-l] Dangling possessive

[Jonathan Lighter]

I agree with Andy - though I stumbled briefly at "Colorado's claims."

Presumably the writer thought that readers would be more likely to
feel initial interest in the actor (the candidate) rather than the actions
(the claims).

JL

On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 1:16 PM Andy Bach <afbach at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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