Thursday, July 17, 2008

Nearly Done


It's my second-last day of school for the academic year and I can't wait to get out for a while. I'm packing up my desk at the moment (actually, I'm typing at the moment, but you know what I mean). I've got a fair bit to do and I'm cramming it all in at the last minute as usual.


Can I tell you what annoyed me today? Well, I will. The heading in the Herald-Sun: "Broadmeadow's joins $1 million property club". What's wrong with this picture, people? I'm not annoyed that property prices in Broadmeadows are so ridiculous (well, maybe a little); I'm annoyed that Victoria's highest-selling newspaper doesn't know how to use apostrophes! I know that you can't expect much from the Herald-Sun, but I do expect them to be able to edit at the level of a Grade 4 student.


Is it trying to say, "Broadmeadow is joins...", or does Broadmeadow own the 'joins'? I can consider forgiving the odd typing mistake or less obvious grammatical faux pas, but this kind of blunder just screams, in the words of Lynne Truss, "I'm a thicko".


7 comments:

Nick said...

Another one from the same paper...

Heath ledger's uncle charged over bobcat thefts in Perth (http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24033931-662,00.html)

Call me crazy, but I think that Ledger starts with a BIG L.

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I like it very much the entire things....

lalligirl said...

grrrr...the feral apostrophe! it's bad enough when you see it on fruit shop sign's...

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