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   Dave Mandl (dmandl@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 23:24:16 JST Dave Mandl

   In my experience Brits tend to use too few hyphens rather than too many, but "Chrysler-owner" here (in the FT) seems kind of weird. I think even something like "Chrysler parent Stellantis" would read better. #Copyediting

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     watchpocket 🍄🌱 (watchpocket@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 23:24:16 JST watchpocket 🍄🌱

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     Your wish comes true in - The Wall Street Journal.

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     Dave Mandl (dmandl@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Dec-2024 04:23:36 JST Dave Mandl

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     @watchpocket Hahaha. The WSJ has always seemed to me to have excellent copy editors.