You Cannot Be Serious, # 50

More from Dr Faustus, who observed a problem with a preposition in this so-called ‘analysis’, by a ‘business correspondent’, of the Bank of England’s accidentally leaked plan to prepare an emergency strategy to leave the European Union. Prepositions, however, appear to be of lesser concern than the overall expression. Much of this ponderously whimsical piece of writing demonstrates problems in selecting logical and harmonious verb forms, while the second paragraph seems confused about whether it is asking or reporting a question:

Link: BBC News, ‘Email mistake reveals Bank of England's EU exit project’

logic & harmony of tenses; First of all we’d ask why do we pay these people to react rather than pre-empt massive outcomes. Secondly it might have already been too late; [&c]