[Grammar] its digital and print editions

[kadioguy]

[My sentences]

a. The newspaper says it will stop publishing its digital and print editions.

b. The newspaper says it will stop publishing its digital edition and print edition.
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1. Are they both correct?

2. Do they mean the same (i.e., are they interchangeable)?

 

[GoesStation]

They mean the same thing. Sentence two is unnecessarily wordy and not natural.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Number 2 is very natural, but keep in mind that newspapers don't talk. Publishers do.