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Post by MaxH on Jun 15, 2008 10:22:40 GMT
This jumped off the page in The Sunday Times this morning.
'Even in Brussels, however, some people was celebrating the result'.
It looks so wrong it must be a mistake - is it?
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Post by Twoddle on Jun 15, 2008 10:26:28 GMT
Hello, Maxh.
Yes, it most certainly was wrong. Proofreading standards in newspapers continue to decline!
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Post by MaxH on Jun 15, 2008 12:00:59 GMT
Hi Twoddle,
Many thanks.
I guess what made me question myself was seeing this in a quality publication.
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Post by Barry on Jun 15, 2008 16:24:14 GMT
maxh,
yes, as Twod says, it's wrong. Before you blame the newspaper, however, you might check if it's a quote or not. The reporter may have asked a fan about what was happening, and that might have been the fan's exact response ...
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Post by MaxH on Jun 15, 2008 18:46:47 GMT
Yes, I checked that and it is simply a mistake.
Being a Sunday morning I wondered if my brain was working properly :-)
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Post by Gabriel-Ernest on Jun 16, 2008 12:45:22 GMT
Proofreading standards in newspapers continue to decline!
What proof-reading? It’s just Spell and Grammar Check in newspapers nowadays! No more proof-readers, no more copy-holders. With the honourable exception of some of the contributors to this site, of course.
G-E.
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