I see below sentence in a magazine: the underlined word

Question

I see below sentence in a magazine: the underlined word somehow sounds odd to be in the sentence. any thoughts? I guess it should have an adverb rather than adjective. Sorry if I am supposed to post this at some other section.

A BRIEF thought on the phone-hacking scandal, which is dominating British headlines this morning, and will  doubtless  dominate Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons later today.

fluke · Answer

Use of "and"makes the sentence awkward and incomplete.
"doubtlessly" should be used instead of "doubtless"

Following sentence is one way to convey the thought.

A BRIEF thought on the phone-hacking scandal dominating British headlines this morning will  doubtlessly  dominate the questions to the Prime Minister in the House of Commons later today.

sarangadhar · Answer

That's what I too feel. Wondering how Economist magazine could write such sentence.

Warlock007 · Answer

IMO
it should be 
 A BRIEF thought on the phone-hacking scandal, which is dominating British headlines this morning, and will   doubtlessly   dominate Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons later today.

daagh · Answer

The phrase is a classic case of of a fragment and is no more that a jumble of words, without a working verb for the subject of the topic  ‘a brief thought “;  the verb ‘will doubtless dominate’ stands as the second verb for the subordinate clause introduced by the relative pronoun  ‘which’

gmatopoeia · Answer

should be 'doubtlessly' because it describes 'dominate'. When a word is used to describe an action, it is usually in the '-ly' form.

I see below sentence in a magazine: the underlined word

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