• sanpedropeddler
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      7 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 [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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        7 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.