Mangling English: an occasional rant

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).

Saturday, 19 March 2016

Mangling Meaning, # 35

How many people have been arrested? (Headline and subhead have now been carefully rewritten to resolve the confusion.)

Link: The Telegraph, ‘French police “arrest man with guns in suitcase” […]’

Man arrested […] another woman arrested with him

Mangling English: an occasional rant

Saturday, 19 March 2016

Mangling Meaning, # 35

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