[super7man]

...to back off what your doing....

Maybe the author was quoting it exactly as the Ms. Rudat said it. Maybe the mistake was Ms. Rudat's. ;o)

[Bigg Red]

Maybe the mistake was Ms. Rudat’s. ;o)

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Well, I think we could hang it on the woman quoted only if she submitted her comment on paper/in email. In which case, “sic” would have been an appropriate insertion.