BBC News grammatical triumphs
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Seven police officers suspended after an inquest returned a verdict of unlawful killing in the case of a mentally ill man have been reinstated.
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Turns out the grammar here is in fact ok. But the news ticker which linked to this said "Seven policemen suspended from duty after Sylvester verdict reinstated". Which sounds like the verdict was reinstated. Reading the above with the idea that a verdict's been reinstated causes it to appear to be utter gibberish. [James] It's still a hell of a run on sentence. Putting a comma after 'officers' and another after 'man' would make it far better.