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[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Nah, spectral IS wrong. The "complaint" isn't arguing grammar, it's explicitly pointing out that there's a very unhelpful couple of words in the sentence.

The sentence "I live north of Antarctica." gives you basically zero information but is perfectly grammatically correct.

The line may as well have been "The weddel sea, which is made of water,..."

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