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To: circlecity
I bet he was playing around with it.

The pronoun is apparently "they." You need to pay attention to these details.

4 posted on 05/03/2022 5:40:46 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: AndyJackson
The pronoun is apparently "they." You need to pay attention to these details.

That jumped out at me as well had to read it 3 times, I thought is there more than one or are they just trying to avoid using a pronoun?

English lit is a lost art.

18 posted on 05/03/2022 5:58:29 PM PDT by usurper
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To: AndyJackson

> The pronoun is apparently “they.” <

Good catch. Either there really was more than one reckless shooter or the author was too lazy to phrase the sentence properly.

I’m guessing it’s the latter case.


19 posted on 05/03/2022 5:58:33 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: AndyJackson

I saw that too..disgusting.


36 posted on 05/03/2022 6:29:17 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: AndyJackson

Yup. Sloppy writing. Too lazy to proof.


39 posted on 05/03/2022 6:37:59 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: AndyJackson

Their was used as well. A truly poorly written article.


46 posted on 05/03/2022 7:00:46 PM PDT by em2vn
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