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Comment by dredmorbius

9 hours ago

This is a convention for journalistic corrections, e.g., "The Times regrets the error", used to note corrections for at least a century:

<https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/13/insider/the-times-regrets...>

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strix_varius  9 hours ago

Your example is not passive voice.

  • IAmBroom  8 hours ago

    Yes, they are pointing out how it should have been written.

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