Part of being a copy editor means being a jerk sometimes. I know that people who make this mistake aren't being malicious, and it's extremely minor, but it's like fingernails on a chalkboard when I hear this pet peeve of mine, like seeing "lie" or "lay" misused.
Besides, we aren't copy editors without being persnickety about things.
When he spoke 71 years ago tomorrow, FDR called the previous day "a DATE WHICH will live in infamy." It is not a "day that" will live in infamy, as I've so often heard today. See below, and then I'll move on:
When he spoke 71 years ago tomorrow, FDR called the previous day "a DATE WHICH will live in infamy." It is not a "day that" will live in infamy, as I've so often heard today. See below, and then I'll move on:
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