[Ads-l] Dangling possessive

[Dan Goncharoff]

What if the last word of the phrase didn't happen to be a noun?

Replace "A Republican gubernatorial candidate
in Colorado" with "A Republican gubernatorial candidate despite what the
party is up to". I don't think it works.

On Thu, Oct 6, 2022, 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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