atw: Re: austechwriter Digest V11 #94
- From: Bob Trussler <bob.trussler@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 14:02:24 +1000
Thanks Martin,
Silly but good.
Bob T
On 21 May 2013 20:31, martin.wojczys <martin.wojczys@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Hi Bob Trussler,
>
> Those examples of the falling standard of grammar remind me of this
> antelope: http://imgur.com/nsOpa
>
> Regards,
>
> Martin Wojczys
>
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> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 06:45:03 +1000
> Subject: This does not make sense
> From: Bob Trussler <bob.trussler@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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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