I see that on the website it has now been changed to "Filthy and Insanitary": Owner of rat-infestd chip shop jailed." which is better but still gives the impression that it is the owner who is filthy and insanitary.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
The Daily Caller, a disreputable Republican website known for poor proofing, ran this paragraph as part of a longer story:
hings at Nick’s Riverside Grill in Georgetown got messy at a recent happy hour after a patron allegedly lost control of their bowls at the restaurant and preceded to trash the establishment in a Yelp review for poor service.
First the patron lost bowel control. But can "a person" lose "their"? And they can't possibly precede.
Well, I think "patron" lost "their" is becoming more acceptable these days. I don't get the part about losing bowel control. Was it supposed to be something else?
I believe I am out of the loop So could someone please give me the scoop. Is it right to kvetch That she's making one retch When the lady is squatting in poop?
Publisher's Clearing House has apparently redefined a word in their latest contest. The contest offers the winner $5,000 a week "forever". I always thought forever meant ad infinitum, but not in this case.
According to their commercial, the winner get the money until they die and can name a beneficiary who will receive the award for the rest their ife. But that's where the "forever" hits a wall.
Our local Fox "news" station featured a story about a man who (for charity) walked the length of the Appalachian Trail, The reporter said he reached "the summit of the trail". While the trail may indeed end on a mountain, isn't the end point the "terminus"?