Thursday 20 December 2007
Easy Ryder
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It's been a while since we picked on theguardian, but I nearly spat out a large piece of wensleydale when I read this whilst eating my dinner (that's the meal around midday).
The excerpt comes from an interview with ice hockey-haired one-time benefit-botherer Kym Ryder:
The same mistake is, happily, made in the online version . Very good, theguardian, very good.
The excerpt comes from an interview with ice hockey-haired one-time benefit-botherer Kym Ryder:
The same mistake is, happily, made in the online version . Very good, theguardian, very good.
Labels: apostrophe abuse, bird in Corrie, dirty Wigan lass, grammar, guardian, you're, your
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3 Comments:
Where's February, and is he in panto there as well?
I've noticed the response to errors has become less and less venomous. Is it the holiday cheer?
Fucking surplus apostrophe arsecandles!
There. No festivities here.
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