• circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
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    14 hours ago

    Such a strange sentence. Makes you “garden path” (reanalyze the syntax after already being deeper into the structure). Minimally need a “that” after “Senator”.

    Though it’s uncommon usage, so that’s actually a tick against it potentially being AI generated.

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      14 hours ago

      need a “that” after “Senator”.

      You mean ‘who’, right? Senators are (usually bad) people so let’s not treat them like objects.

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        13 hours ago

        “That” or “who” are both commonly used for animate arguments. And given it is an object here, “whom” would be the most pretentious option.