If the granola bars were the type that "eat energy," which is nonsensical, they would be energy-eating bars, with the necessary hyphen. Not energy eating bars.
So it's obvious to essentially 100% of readers that he meant "get their energy FROM eating granola bars."
Consider the sentence "You get your energy grammar copping the Internet in an overbearing, pedantic manner."
It doesn't mean you get "energy grammar".
It means "You get your energy FROM grammar copping the Internet in an overbearing, pedantic manner."
Would it be better to include the preposition? Sure. But it's a really common, informal construction to omit it. No need to go off on a new member over it IMHO.
You don’t think these fossilized Congress people get there energy eating granola bars. See how haggard some we’re getting before the border was open.
Yup. I did notice and all the weird celeb videos with them looking like they were in withdrawal.
Hello handshake. When you wrote "...get there energy..." did you realise that you would immediately get greeked? It should be "...get their energy..."
P.s. I think that "energy eating granola bars" are available only in the USA and maybe Canada. Elsewhere, nobody wants energy eating bars.
I have no idea what you mean by "...some we are getting..."
If the granola bars were the type that "eat energy," which is nonsensical, they would be energy-eating bars, with the necessary hyphen. Not energy eating bars.
So it's obvious to essentially 100% of readers that he meant "get their energy FROM eating granola bars."
Consider the sentence "You get your energy grammar copping the Internet in an overbearing, pedantic manner."
It doesn't mean you get "energy grammar".
It means "You get your energy FROM grammar copping the Internet in an overbearing, pedantic manner."
Would it be better to include the preposition? Sure. But it's a really common, informal construction to omit it. No need to go off on a new member over it IMHO.
Fixed and it's easy to understand unless you're being obtuse about grammar.