Washington Post business correction: Which one is correct?

The Washington Post published three corrections Thursday from business section content.

The first one reads: “The Steven Pearlstein column on the Feb. 2 Economy & Business pages incorrectly said that stock prices are roughly where they were 20 years ago. On an inflation-adjusted basis, the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index has shown little or no increase over the past 14 years, not the past 20 years.”

Fair enough. But it’s the other two that have me scratching my head.

The second one reads: “The ‘Why It Costs . . .’ feature in the Jan. 30 Business section, about curbside buses from Washington to New York, incorrectly said that a fare of about $20 is more than the cost of tolls and gasoline required to drive there. The tolls and gas would cost more than $20.”

The third one reads: “The ‘Why It Costs . . .’ feature in the Jan. 30 Business section, about curbside buses from Washington to New York, incorrectly said that a fare of about $20 is more than the cost of tolls and gasoline required to drive there. The tolls and gas would cost less than $20.”

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