This, one of several bullet points beneath a very long headline in the online Mail (11 January, 2013), has puzzled me for a while:
Quite apart from the fact that the formulation makes it sound as if the writer (or possibly the gang) is uncertain of the meaning of brides and husbands, the sentence is illogical since the two aren’t equivalent: brides or bridegrooms or wives or husbands, but not brides or husbands.
The fashion for newspapers to install paywalls is spreading fast, so I fear that mangles from the media may soon become rare.
The fashion for newspapers to install paywalls is spreading fast, so I fear that mangles from the media may soon become rare.
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