There's been much mangling of meaning by the media recently. Today's almost indecipherable example, which combines general balderdash with syntactically unviable quotations and some USA spelling, comes from last Sunday's online Telegraph:
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).
Showing posts with label harmonizing quotations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label harmonizing quotations. Show all posts
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Friday, 29 March 2013
Not Washed or Cooked, # 16
The Pope's homily at the Holy Thursday Mass of the Chrism yesterday was reproduced by the online Catholic Herald. The preamble ― presumably not written by Pope Francis, even though he alone is credited in the byline ― offered a summary and a duplicated mangle:
Spellchecking and proofreading are clearly not encouraged at the Catholic Herald. There's also a failure to harmonize quotations from the homily, resulting in a confused final paragraph:
Since 'Pope' is the only singular noun preceding the pronoun, the comment implies that some priests may become dissatisfied by the Pope's negative qualities…
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