Saturday 23 August 2014

Double-take, # 91

Today, a detached relative pronoun from the BBC:*

Link: BBC News, ‘Renfrew tyre fire […]’

The contributor, Des Pond of Slough, commented: ‘Glasgow — it’s miles bigger.’**


* This report has been changed significantly, but a Google search offers echoes of the original.
** A reference to the campaign to promote the city in the 1980s , with the slogan:
Link: Wikipedia, ‘Glasgow’s miles better’
black smoke […] drifting across the city which could be seen for miles

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