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…
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Fooles Troupe observes: 'Ok - you expected "cheaper electronics manufacturers" which refers to the companies, but "cheaper electronics manufactures" refers to the manufactured products. Unexpected, but perfectly legitimate English.
Fair comment, and useful clarification, although the sentence remains (unnecessarily) ambiguous.
Fooles Troupe observes: 'Ok - you expected "cheaper electronics manufacturers" which refers to the companies, but "cheaper electronics manufactures" refers to the manufactured products. Unexpected, but perfectly legitimate English.
ReplyDeleteFair comment, and useful clarification, although the sentence remains (unnecessarily) ambiguous.