Of course, it's not just the Consumer Champions who have occasional problems with expression; their correspondents sometimes come up with some very strange syntactical constructions:
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).
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Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Monday, 27 May 2013
The Wrong Word Entirely, # 9
Given the state of the world's finances currently and in the last few years, this is not beyond the realms of possibility:
Or perhaps the writer had a cold…
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