Investigation reveals possible criminal activity connecting Obama to BP Oil Spill

examiner.com Nashville ^ | June 2, 1:56 PM | Anthony G Martin

[publana]

This article has since been yanked from the source. I don’t know if it is because it was nutty or if it was hitting too close to the mark. Regardless, the link is now dead.

[Oceander]

Life's too short to spend arguing with strangers on the internet.

I quite agree. I also agree with your technical point regarding the language. The construction in question, which can be abstracted like so: A and B are the single biggest beneficiaries of C, has a mismatch in number. The construction only works if one has some reason to be treating A and B as a single logical or grammatical entity within the context in which that construction is used and, in the sentence under discussion, we had no reason for treating A and B as a single logical or grammatical entity.

I guess it just comes down to the fact that, as wrong as it is, that little phrase has become a more-or-less accepted part of American written English. What can you do?

Cheers

[SunkenCiv]

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[bitt]

thanks! just catching up now!