I, for one, support the new Maine-centric Jezebel.

Everyone’s all horny on Maine these days.

“I don’t understand why you would take an animal, I don’t understand why you would take it for two weeks”

I get it.  The Herbs keep making the commenting system more difficult for all of us!

Well, now that you’ve edited your first reply, it looks like we’re in agreement. :-)

Right. The verb, in your example, is “was corrected,” and similarly, the verb in the original would be “were ... spoken.” “Attributed” is part of a restrictive clause modifying the subject; it’s not part of the verb here. 

First, where is the subject? As it stands, the subject in the first independent clause of this compound sentence is “Words.” Now let’s find the verb, or the action word. The verb is “attributed.”

Damn you for making me defend Kayleigh McEnany, but that quote was taken completely out of context (by the Washington Post among others, originally, not you). If you listen to just a minute or so of the clip in context, she’s clearly trying to say, “The science actually supports reopening schools; it doesn’t stand in…

Volvo, Chrysler, Benz -- whatever you pick, a wagon is ur-80s, before SUVs ate them. 

You’ve clearly never been in the back seat of one.

Lady All Lives Matter

Thanks for the clarification!

I think maybe you’re looking at it through a US-centric lens, though? The libel laws are much more plaintiff-friendly in Britain.

And never again can an article be written about politics or world affairs without calling out Hitler.  Why are journalists ignoring all of Hitler’s bad acts when they write about, say, the Supreme Court’s rulings on Obamacare?

Bradford, not Bedford.  

Bill Clinton?

Hey, it’s better than leaving them all dangling.

As befits the future patron saint of the internet, this kids gonna cop a beatitude. 

Vanderbilt family?!  To those truly to the manor born, the Vanderbilts are parvenus.

Hinckley family values.