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SheltieBites Posted 14 years ago
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Take Roots Back To

http://chattaction.org/post/13065566276/chattanooga-democracy

"The modern forms of initiative, recall, and referendum take their roots back to the Progressive Era of American history."

Shouldn't it be "take their roots from"?
  

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The writer has mis-written the idiom ' trace their roots back to'.

  • The writer has mis-written the idiom ' trace their roots back to'.
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The writer has mis-written the idiom 'trace their roots back to'.

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