Friday, 10 July 2015

The Wrong Word Entirely, # 82

Dr Faustus has come upon this erroneous word before in formal literature on journalism courses. This version, on the right, comes with some clunky syntax and bad punctuation, on the left, and can be found in a study programme issued by The National Council for the Training of Journalists:

Link: NCTJ.com, ‘NQJ News Report – Programme of Study 2014-15’

Although the NCTJ is a British association, the document also uses practice as a verb throughout. It appears that at least some of the many mangles of British journalism are actually being taught…
effects for affects; practice for practise

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