atw: Re: This does not make sense
- From: Ros Byrne <ros.byrne@xxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 07:28:00 +1000
Well caught, Bob!
Ros
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On 21/05/2013, at 6:45 AM, Bob Trussler wrote:
> We all moan about the falling standards in grammar these days, but something
> strange is happening. Forget the standards, as some things don’t even make
> sense.
>
> An ABC TV newsreader said “a high day of drama”.
> Suely, it should be “a day of high drama”? Maybe the writer was a bit high
> when they wrote this.
>
> Later in the same news broadcast, we were told about thieves in Cannes who
> stole “the safe in a hotel room packed with jewels”.
> Why would anyone steal the safe when the room was packed with jewels? Now I
> am really confused.
>
>
> Then I relaxed with some good news as I read about “a suspected boat of 83
> asylum seekers …”
> At least the asylum seekers had been accepted as genuine and only the boat
> was a suspect. I am still wondering what would the boat be suspected of.
> Maybe someone suspected that it was a boat but wasn’t sure.
>
> Bob Trussler
>
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