Memorial bench has a nice message, but definitely needed a better editor

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While I too want to be remembered as someone who smiled at all dogs, I also want proper sentence structure.

On Sunday, Jen D’Angelo pointed out on Twitter that a dedicated park bench in Los Angeles probably had a very nice intention, but its unfortunate wording kinda ruined it. 

Sorry but I love this badly phrased memorial bench so much pic.twitter.com/oe6gj6BUEz

— Jen D’Angelo (@jenlikespizza) April 29, 2018

“In loving memory of Nicole Campbell, who never saw a dog and didn’t smile.” 

Wait. 

She never saw dogs and she never smiled? Surely, they really mean something along the lines of, “she never saw a dog without smiling,” right? Or maybe they were celebrating that she never smiled and managed to live a life free of canines? Read more…

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