Talk:culture vulture

Why is this ungrammatical?
Why is “An artist who copies rather than creates original work” ungrammatical? It seems quite grammatical to me, like “She prefers to act rather than sit around and fret about the problem”. (In any case, this sense might be deleted if it doesn’t pass verification.) — Sgconlaw (talk) 11:27, 16 September 2023 (UTC)


 * It's ambiguous: it might mean "an artist who copies original work rather than creates original work" (versus the apparently intended version: "an artist who copies, FULL STOP, PERIOD, rather than creating...") Equinox ◑ 03:34, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

RFV discussion: September 2023–February 2024
"(derogatory) An artist who copies rather than creates original work." — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:44, 15 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Failed. — Sgconlaw (talk) 15:24, 2 February 2024 (UTC)