They no longer have sub-editors at the major newspapers. That was being
outsourced by some of them. Editors are in reality managers now rather than
journalists. Editing is meant to be done by the journalists themselves.
Most of the journalists are young grads who went through the school system
without learning fundamentals of grammar and sneered or whinged at and about
academics who attempted to correct the errors of their ways...
Ask some of our esteemed academic members about it.
From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of WongWord
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 9:59 PM
To: Austechwriter
Subject: atw: Re: OT: How Many Soldiers have Died on the Battlefield of
Waterloo this Year? ...
Newspapers are badly edited (or perhaps not edited) these days. I found a
sentence of over 70 words in the Sydney Morning Herald recently. And the
column 8 feature was repeated between editions.
This is not to mention the kind of nonsense you draw attention to here plus
basic grammar errors.
Irene Wong
From: Neil Maloney <mailto:maloneyn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 5:59 PM
To: Austechwriter <mailto:austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: atw: OT: How Many Soldiers have Died on the Battlefield of Waterloo
this Year? ...
I don't usually post about "newspaper grammar", but this one got to me.
From the London Telegraph:
" The bronze plaque, measuring 65cm across, depicts Nike the Greek goddess
of Victory and has been cast by the London Mint Office to commemorate the
soldiers that died on the battlefield at Waterloo in its 200th anniversary
year."
N.
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