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In the New Yorker...
Jeff Wrangler:
That's the point, isn't it? TNY puts too much between the name of the speaker and "said." "Cruz, who is white, said" seems perfectly fine to me, but there you have it, only three words, and short words at that, between "Cruz" and "said."
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 17, 2021, 10:37:47 am ---That's the point, isn't it? TNY puts too much between the name of the speaker and "said." "Cruz, who is white, said" seems perfectly fine to me, but there you have it, only three words, and short words at that, between "Cruz" and "said."
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Yes, it's clearly about the number of words. The Cruz sentence above works perfectly well. To me, "said Cruz, who is white" reads more smoothly, but then I'm more used to that structure.
Jeff Wrangler:
Is this a whopper, or what?
The May 17 issue has a Talk of the Town piece about Andrew Lloyd Webber restoring the Theatre Royal Drury Lane along with an architectural historian identified as Simon Thurley. This individual is mentioned as Thurley a number of times in the article, except once, in this sentence: "Among other changes, Lloyd Webber and Hurley have removed some two hundred and fifty seats. ..."
"Hurley"?
serious crayons:
Mr. Shawn is spinning!
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on May 20, 2021, 08:59:22 am ---Mr. Shawn is spinning!
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I thought the same thing.
Seriously, don't they have anybody to proofread the magazine anymore? ???
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