usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-227 days agoDoctor That Wrote ‘Goldwater Rule’ Says He Would Recommend Dementia Tests For Trumpwww.huffpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1386arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1383arrow-down1external-linkDoctor That Wrote ‘Goldwater Rule’ Says He Would Recommend Dementia Tests For Trumpwww.huffpost.comusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-227 days agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·27 days agoGrammar rules exist to make communication clearer. If they’re getting in the way of that, ignoring them is usually fine.
minus-squareSwingingTheLamp@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·26 days agoIn this case, I think adding an article would also have cleared the garden path— that is, “The Doctor Who […]” — but yeah, the meaning is clear enough this way.
Grammar rules exist to make communication clearer. If they’re getting in the way of that, ignoring them is usually fine.
In this case, I think adding an article would also have cleared the garden path— that is, “The Doctor Who […]” — but yeah, the meaning is clear enough this way.
“Doctor, Who Said…”