atw: Re: This does not make sense
- From: Bob Trussler <bob.trussler@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 10:07:58 +1000
Thanks for the reminder Nick. I will send it in.
Bob T
On 21 May 2013 09:50, Nick Shears <nshears@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for lightening my morning’s email, Bob.****
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> I expect most member of this group are aware of Michael Quinion s’s World
> Wide Words website and email list, www.worldwidewords.org. These would
> make good “Sic!” examples there. ****
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> Cheers****
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> Nick Shears****
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> *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****
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> 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. ****
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> 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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Bob Trussler
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