In this oldie, The Daily Telegraph challenges The Grauniad [sic] in the hideous typo stakes. A visit today shows that the opening sentence's numerous errors remain uncorrected, and thus it still has only the most tenuous of connections to logic, meaning, grammar, clarity or, indeed, English, so it deserves its space here:
Businesses that don't bother checking their websites, journalists who write gibberish and balderdash, professionals who can't take the extra time and effort to spell-check and proofread, newspapers that turn tragedy into farce through solecisms, plus the odd guide to solving common grammatical difficulties… Contributions and suggestions welcome. (… Also corrections if required, obviously!) Send to: manglingenglishATgmxDOTcom, stating your nom de mangle (if desired).
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