Link: The Sunday Times, ‘Money’ section, ‘At 95, I’m fighting the NHS to fund wife’s care’ |
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).
Thursday, 10 December 2015
Double-take, # 202
How can any professional writer think that a singular verb might be appropriate here? (The article’s title seems short of a possessive pronoun, too.)
millions of pounds has [+ title: At 95, I’m fighting the NHS to fund wife’s care]
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