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Errors in In the news

• Reuters has the death toll for Hurricane Michael now at least 18 in the United States. Blurb could be updated as per the article.--WaltCip (talk) 11:23, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

 Done Fish+Karate 12:28, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Errors in today's or tomorrow's On this day

OTD today

• (Disney) Should read "Hollywood, which eventually grew ...". This is a non-restrictive clause. Jmar67 (talk) 13:06, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

   Fixed, gone with a semicolon ("... Hollywood; it eventually grew ...") Fish+Karate 14:12, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

• 1875 – Brigham Young University, the United States' largest religious university — Per MOS:POSS, this should be United States's. I suggest writing it as the largest religious university in the United States. Modulus12 (talk) 13:29, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

  No "s" per MOS:PLURALNOUN. I agree with suggestion, however. Jmar67 (talk) 14:10, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

   Fixed Fish+Karate 14:12, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

The United States of America ... is a country composed of 50 states... It's clearly not a plural noun in any modern usage. Or else we would be saying "The United States are..." Modulus12 (talk) 15:02, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

OTD tomorrow

• 1940 – The body of Willi Münzenberg ... was found near Saint-Marcellin. — Needs France added after the commune name. Modulus12 (talk) 13:55, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

  Fixed, but WP:TRM suggests that article is under-referenced and perhaps should be pulled (and the same issue for Mary MacKillop and Malak Hifni Nasif). Fish+Karate 14:15, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Errors in today's or tomorrow's featured picture

POTD today

• This poster was released in 1917 by Harry Ryle Hopps, portraying Germany as a gorilla invading the United States having conquered Europe. — The having conquered Europe doesn't really fit into this sentence very well grammatically. I think it would read better as a gorilla invading the United States after having conquered Europe. Modulus12 (talk) 13:39, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Why not just "after conquering"? Fish+Karate 14:19, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

I like that even better. Modulus12 (talk) 14:57, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Yes, and now do please correct the sentence, it is wrong grammatically and it sounds as if the USA had invaded Europe 194.174.73.80 (talk) 15:14, 16 October 2018 (UTC) Marco Pagliero Berlin

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