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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to c/fuck_cars@lemmy.ml
 

the missing word bothers me, too. It also got killed in an intersection on its way to work, to show up in this meme.

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[–] ted@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I don't see a missing word.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 18 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

You can add the word "fucking" pretty much anywhere.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

And it's rarely wrong to do so!

[–] lugal@lemmy.ml 14 points 23 hours ago

You don't see it because it's missing

I answered the comment below you but I couldn't resist this stupid joke

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 6 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (4 children)

A comma maybe, then.

'the people once tied to them killed in a crosswalk' really sounds weird to me.

Heck, my phone agrees.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 19 hours ago

Seems like a stylistic choice to me. Leaving out the "have been" makes it sound more poetic, but I don't think it's wrong per se

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I think a colon would be the most apt punctuation here.

The tracks are now unruly and wild, the people tied to them: killed in crosswalks

But to be honest I was fine with no punctuation. The bit that most bothers me is the choice of preposition. You don't go in a crosswalk. You go on it. Or maybe you're at the crosswalk when you're killed. But certainly not in.

[–] Trail@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

In (the area of) a crosswalk would make sense?

That said, not English native speaker.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 1 points 19 hours ago

Grammar has so many "technically correct" yet odd sentence structures.
The sentence definitely has a weird flow and could absolutely contain reader assistance via punctuation.

[–] lugal@lemmy.ml 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Not a native speaker but for me it sounds fine. The "are now" is left out because it would be repeated if that makes sense.

"The people, [who were] tied to them, [are now] killed in a crosswalk."

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] lugal@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 hours ago

So that's the missing word everyone is bothered by. It wasn't in the post but in a low level comment. What an unexpected but well executed pay-off!

[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 3 points 23 hours ago

I see a lot of other problems, but not a missing word...