“I don’t like to read about myself, but it’s not like I’m some superstar who has stuff written about them all the time.” - Mandy Moore, on her status as a celebrity
This quote contains two errors: the use of “like” as a subordinating conjunction and an error in pronoun/antecedent agreement.
“Like” is not a subordinating conjunction. […]
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