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A double-take this morning

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by: Anton Shepelev - Mon, 18 Sep 2023 08:57 UTC

Hello, world (and its dwellers).

I made a double-take to day upon writing the following
sentence:

> I have snipped your comments about `const', but not
> without perusing them.

On second thought, I decided to write "having perused". The
correction is certainly good, but is the original wrong?

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by: Opinicus - Tue, 19 Sep 2023 04:06 UTC

On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 11:57:30 +0300, Anton Shepelev
<anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> wrote:

> I made a double-take to day upon writing the following
> sentence:

> > I have snipped your comments about `const', but not
> > without perusing them.

> On second thought, I decided to write "having perused". The
> correction is certainly good, but is the original wrong?

It's not wrong but "having perused" is better. I'd also have added
"first" after "perused".

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The people your parents warned you about

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by: Opinicus - Tue, 19 Sep 2023 04:44 UTC

> It's not wrong but "having perused" is better. I'd also have added
> "first" after "perused".

"After them" of course.

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Subject	Author
A double-take this morning	Anton Shepelev
A double-take this morning	Opinicus
A double-take this morning	Opinicus