Thread: NY Times - The Bookstore's Last Stand
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Old 02-08-2012, 02:42 AM   #49
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Originally Posted by jgaiser View Post
NY Times got it correct. OP mistyped the lead.
Maybe so, but the original lead still contains a dangling modifier. The grammatical implication is that fight for its life refers to Amazon's life. Besides which, doesn't the popular phrase use of, not for?
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