Language Log has a fun one up now…
If a desert island is uninhabited by humans, it doesn’t follow that humans uninhabit it. Likewise, if half the money was unaccounted for, that doesn’t mean that anyone unaccounted for it. And you can say that someone’s support was unwavering, but you can’t say that it unwavered.
But wait a minute, maybe you can after all.
At least, it seems that someone writing headlines at the LA Times can:


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