"Everyone from Kanye West to Lauryn Hill to Pearl Jam to Charles Bradley have acknowledged their debt to Redding and drawn on his music's lingering power to stir audiences."
Aren't we forgetting |someone|? Presumptuous, yes, but well intentioned.
Bonus pedantry: And is there something wrong with construction "Everyone…have acknowledged their debt"?
Yeah.
♬ ]Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay] ♬
RIP, Otis.
I was a big fan back in the day. Wish I could've been at Monterey, but it wasn't to be…
"Everyone from Kanye West to Lauryn Hill to Pearl Jam to Charles Bradley have acknowledged their debt to Redding and drawn on his music's lingering power to stir audiences."
Aren't we forgetting |someone|? Presumptuous, yes, but well intentioned.
Bonus pedantry: And is there something wrong with construction "Everyone…have acknowledged their debt"?
Yes, there is.
Yes. Subject confusion:
" Everyone ……has",
but the list of "Kanye, Pearl Jam…have…"
Yeah, it's difficult. A better writer would've rephrased the whole sentence, maybe like this:
"Artists as diverse as Kanye….Bradley have acknowledged…"
Sometimes the original sentence just can't be saved.