[Ads-l] Double passive?

[Geoffrey Nathan]

There's a headline in today's Detroit Free Press (Freep
to locals) on page A9:

Lebanon gets wracked by more explosions

I'm surprised this got past the editors, because
it seems very weird to me.
It's not local - ​it's actually USA Today, which owns
the Freep.

Geoff


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