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To: CatHerd; Zhang Fei
Even the WSJ headline writers can’t use proper English. They are outgunned BY Russia, not AGAINST Russia. smh

In their fight AGAINST Russia, the Ukrainians are outgunned.

By whom? By the Russians, of course!

The article's title would NOT be improved by replacing "against" with "by."

Regards,

43 posted on 07/12/2022 2:01:16 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: alexander_busek

>>>”In their fight AGAINST Russia, the Ukrainians are outgunned.”<<<

Correct

>>>”By whom? By the Russians, of course!”<<<

Correct again. They are outgunned by the Russians.

>>>”The article’s title would NOT be improved by replacing “against” with “by”<<<

Wrong. You just proved my point. “By” not “against” is grammatically correct. Ukraine may be fighting against Russia, but Ukraine is outgunned by Russia.


44 posted on 07/12/2022 2:14:22 PM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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