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Gaylord336 Posted 7 years ago
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Shouldn't it be 'was asked' since the videos are his. Besides with the further context it's clear He was asked by the court to take down those videos

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This appears to be headlinese, in which certain small words are commonly omitted in order to save space. Probably "is asked" is implied rather than "was asked". )

— GPY

  • This appears to be headlinese, in which certain small words are commonly omitted in order to save space.
  • Probably "is asked" is implied rather than "was asked".
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This appears to be headlinese, in which certain small words are commonly omitted in order to save space. Probably "is asked" is implied rather than "was asked".

(May I ask that you put the full text of your question in the body of your post and keep the subject line shorter.)

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