atw: Re: This does not make sense
- From: Nick Shears <nshears@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 16:50:44 -0700
Thanks for lightening my morning's email, Bob.
I expect most member of this group are aware of Michael Quinion s's World Wide
Words website and email list,
www.worldwidewords.org<http://www.worldwidewords.org>. These would make good
"Sic!" examples there.
Cheers
Nick Shears
From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Trussler
Sent: Tuesday, 21 May 2013 6:45 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: This does not make sense
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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