100
submitted 6 months ago by darth_tiktaalik@lemmy.ml to c/news@lemmy.ml
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] darth_tiktaalik@lemmy.ml 29 points 6 months ago

I wouldn't have interpreted as the judge being the sender.

[-] sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 months ago

That's how I interpreted it. There are many ways to write that which completely avoid confusion, but they chose the only way that allows that confusion.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 14 points 6 months ago

I mean, the core of the sentence—if it were normal English and not newspaper headline English—is “judge sent envelope.” Their copy editor can and should do better.

[-] underwire212@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

I interpreted your interpretation differently

this post was submitted on 28 Feb 2024
100 points (94.6% liked)

News

1740 readers
1 users here now

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS