# see spot run in tiny print

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-spot-run-in-tiny-print/697897>\
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**Created:** [September 8, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-spot-run-in-tiny-print/697897 "2014-09-08T19:47:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-spot-run-in-tiny-print/697897/1 "2014-09-08T19:47:12Z")

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There seems to be a formatting problem with [the column](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1275/how-do-you-diagram-the-sentence-see-spot-run). Some of the text is in tiny print, for no explicable reason.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-spot-run-in-tiny-print/697897/2 "2014-09-08T19:55:51Z")

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To be specific, this section:

> [@](#):
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> …are the direct object of the predicate, see. One may object: How can run be an infinitive? There’s no to in front of it. My informant explained this by saying the to was “understood.” “See Spot [to] run”? I don’t think so.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-spot-run-in-tiny-print/697897/3 "2014-09-08T20:55:58Z")

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See gremlin.

See gremlin creep into formatting.

Kill gremlin.

Autoformatting sucks.