#EA33 Daily Mail in double plural scandal

May 4th, 2012 § Leave a Comment

The Daily Mail, in its election excitement, extends the double negative concept into the double plural today.

Tories lose. One Tory loses.

#EA32 Still some learning to do here …

April 15th, 2012 § Leave a Comment

The Early Learning Centre.  With a bag for pencils that will never, ever move.

#EA31 Author site missing an apostrophe …

April 15th, 2012 § Leave a Comment

Yes, really.

#EA30 Subtitles can be wrong …

April 15th, 2012 § Leave a Comment

From the final episode of Inspector Montalbano, shown on BBC4 last night.  That should be ‘… dependent on …’ to be correct.

#EA29 where a simple plural may have medical influence

April 4th, 2012 § Leave a Comment

A Global Positioning System (GPS) is unlikely to be much use with a review of your statins medication.  One of those pesky GPs at your local surgery will come up trumps though.

The UK's Daily Mail on 3 April 2012.

#EA28 Possessive about CVs?

March 31st, 2012 § Leave a Comment

From The Bookseller.

#EA27 BBC quakes over apostrophe

March 9th, 2012 § 2 Comments

In an article on Quakers in business the BBC probably meant Quakers as business leaders and not just one Quaker covering it all.

Correction: "But the Quakers' time as business leaders has passed, according to Mr Stoller."

#EA26 Daily Mail loses sense of grammar in excitement over tonight’s Oscars

February 26th, 2012 § 3 Comments

Multiple errors on the use of our dear friend, the apostrophe.  What a mess.

#EA25 The TV Book Club omits an apostrophe

February 12th, 2012 § Leave a Comment

#EA24 The BBC’s Robert Peston and an errant apostrophe

January 31st, 2012 § Leave a Comment

Oh, Mr Peston, it must be all that excitement writing about Fred the Shred losing his manhood knighthood.

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