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Thread ID: 101567 2009-07-19 21:17:00 Journalism fail nofam (9009) PC World Chat
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793041 2009-07-19 21:17:00 Clearly, this reporter needs to go back to school - or at least buy a dictionary (www.stuff.co.nz)

:o

:D
nofam (9009)
793042 2009-07-19 21:41:00 ????

Don't see anything too wrong with the spelling of grammar in that piece, but the content of the article is disturbing.

It wasn't even their damn flagpole (even if it were a proven fact that the piece of wood for sale was authentic)!!! The have no right to claim rights!!!
johcar (6283)
793043 2009-07-19 21:54:00 "An descendant ....." Zippity (58)
793044 2009-07-19 22:08:00 Ahh .

Suspect the original draft read "An ancestor . . . " and then he realised he had the wrong end of the time continuum . . . .

Do they not use proof-readers these days?

Disclaimer: I obviously don't qualify! :blush:
johcar (6283)
793045 2009-07-19 22:11:00 "An descendant..."

So what is this thread - a win for pedantry?
Deane F (8204)
793046 2009-07-19 22:12:00 Ha ha I don't know whether you guys read it in time or not, but it did indeed say "An ancestor . . . . " - it's been changed now damnit!

Thought it was a pretty good effort for someone of that age to lodge a complaint with anyone about anything!! :D
nofam (9009)
793047 2009-07-19 22:12:00 What about when close up did that piece on that 18 yo guy selling photos of his 'mum'. Then it turns out, he wasn't 18 and the photos weren't of his mum. utopian201 (6245)
793048 2009-07-19 22:19:00 Great england there. wratterus (105)
793049 2009-07-19 22:23:00 "An descendant..."

So what is this thread - a win for pedantry?

How dare you accuse me of that! - I'm not Michael Jackson


:rolleyes:

:p
nofam (9009)
793050 2009-07-19 22:29:00 How dare you accuse me of that! - I'm not Michael Jackson


:rolleyes:

:p

I didn't mean to imply that... He had several little boys in bed with him at once. If you just have one at a time then you're nothing like Michael Jackson at all. ;)
Deane F (8204)
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