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Comments from feedback form - "Bizarre headline. He didn't "w..."

Bizarre headline. He didn't "win" 42%, he received 42% of the votes, yet still lost the primary. I didn't read the rest of the article and don't know about his story, so can't judge further, but this is a basic clarity issue that should be fixed.

173.239.70.38 (talk)‎00:30, 28 May 2012

He won 42% (of the votes); that use of win as a transitive verb is ordinary in English. Had the headline said "wins with 42%", that would be totally different — the verb would be intransitive, and the headline would be simply false.

Pi zero (talk)‎00:56, 28 May 2012
 
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