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Usenet Posted 22 years ago
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A closet AUEer outs himself
"I'm a real shouter at the screen. What gets me angriest is the misuse of our language on journalistic programmes. The stress is getting so odd. For example, they'll say, 'Today, a 23-year-old man was arrested for murder', and the most important thing about this is that he's 23, not that a man was arrested for murder. As though yesterday they were all 27. I get so *** off halfway through what they're saying that I don't listen to the rest of the sentence."
Michael Aspel
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/story.jsp?story=524555
So, another one to welcome to the sheep fold.
(Now, about that "journalistic". Where did the standard Bibbacy term "news and current affairs" go?)
Ross Howard
Michael Aspel
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/story.jsp?story=524555
So, another one to welcome to the sheep fold.
(Now, about that "journalistic". Where did the standard Bibbacy term "news and current affairs" go?)
Ross Howard
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" Now there's an interesting find. I thought it was the Yanks who confused "presently" with "currently". Michael West
- " Now there's an interesting find.
- I thought it was the Yanks who confused "presently" with "currently".
- Michael West
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[nq:1]http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/story.jsp?story=524555 So, another one to welcome to the sheep fold.[/nq]
"He looks well, despite his recent brush with cancer (he has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, but it is presently dormant), and ..."
Now there's an interestin
"He looks well, despite his recent brush with cancer (he has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, but it is presently dormant), and ..."
Now there's an interestin
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[nq:2]http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/story.jsp?story=524555 So, another one to welcome to the sheep fold.[/nq]
[nq:1]"He looks well, despite his recent brush with cancer (he has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, but it is presently dormant), and ..." Now there's an interest
[nq:1]"He looks well, despite his recent brush with cancer (he has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, but it is presently dormant), and ..." Now there's an interest
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"Ross Howard" (Email Removed) schrieb im Newsbeitrag
[nq:1]For example, they'll say, 'Today, a 23-year-old man was arrested for murder',[/nq]
Not on the British news they won't; that would be unlawful. Until a verdict is returned or the man cleared of the charge, the man's guilt is sub judice, and news organisations must not say anything that implies the man is either guilty or innocent.
[nq:1]For example, they'll say, 'Today, a 23-year-old man was arrested for murder',[/nq]
Not on the British news they won't; that would be unlawful. Until a verdict is returned or the man cleared of the charge, the man's guilt is sub judice, and news organisations must not say anything that implies the man is either guilty or innocent.
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[nq:2]"He looks well, despite his recent brush with cancer (he ... thought it was the Yanks who confused "presently" with "currently".[/nq]
[nq:1]It does mean currently, doesn't it? What it doesn't mean is "shortly/soon/in due course" or am I not keeping up again? Many Brits use and all would recognise "presently/at present" to mean "currently/at the moment/for the time being".[/nq]
[nq:1]It does mean currently, doesn't it? What it doesn't mean is "shortly/soon/in due course" or am I not keeping up again? Many Brits use and all would recognise "presently/at present" to mean "currently/at the moment/for the time being".[/nq]
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[nq:2]Now there's an interesting find. I thought it was the Yanks who confused "presently" with "currently".[/nq]
[nq:1]It does mean currently, doesn't it? What it doesn't mean is "shortly/soon/in due course" or am I not keeping up again?[/nq]
No, that's what it does mean, according to the Oxford people. The NODE gives:
presently // adv.
1 soon; after a short t
[nq:1]It does mean currently, doesn't it? What it doesn't mean is "shortly/soon/in due course" or am I not keeping up again?[/nq]
No, that's what it does mean, according to the Oxford people. The NODE gives:
presently // adv.
1 soon; after a short t
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[nq:2]"He looks well, despite his recent brush with cancer (he ... thought it was the Yanks who confused "presently" with "currently".[/nq]
[nq:1]It does mean currently, doesn't it? What it doesn't mean is "shortly/soon/in due course" or am I not keeping up again? Many Brits use and all would recognise "presently/at present" to mean "currently/at the moment/for the time being".[/nq]
[nq:1]It does mean currently, doesn't it? What it doesn't mean is "shortly/soon/in due course" or am I not keeping up again? Many Brits use and all would recognise "presently/at present" to mean "currently/at the moment/for the time being".[/nq]
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[nq:2]For example, they'll say, 'Today, a 23-year-old man was arrested for murder',[/nq]
[nq:1]Not on the British news they won't; that would be unlawful. Until a verdict is returned or the man cleared ... death of..." (the word "murder" can only be used once muder has been definitely established as the cause of death).[/nq]
Nay, Mr Wilkes. Most recent example in Monday's Guardian:
[nq:1]Not on the British news they won't; that would be unlawful. Until a verdict is returned or the man cleared ... death of..." (the word "murder" can only be used once muder has been definitely established as the cause of death).[/nq]
Nay, Mr Wilkes. Most recent example in Monday's Guardian:
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"John Dean" (Email Removed) schrieb im Newsbeitrag
[nq:1]Nay, Mr Wilkes. Most recent example in Monday's Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk news/story/0,3604,1223162,00.html "A 48-year-old man was due to appear before Birmingham magistrates today charged with murder."[/nq]
He was charged with murder; tha
[nq:1]Nay, Mr Wilkes. Most recent example in Monday's Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk news/story/0,3604,1223162,00.html "A 48-year-old man was due to appear before Birmingham magistrates today charged with murder."[/nq]
He was charged with murder; tha
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[nq:2]Nay, Mr Wilkes. Most recent example in Monday's Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk news/story/0,3604,1223162,00.html "A 48-year-old man was due to appear before Birmingham magistrates today charged with murder."[/nq]
[nq:1]He was charged with murder; that is an undeniable fact. Whether or not he actuall
[nq:1]He was charged with murder; that is an undeniable fact. Whether or not he actuall
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[nq:2]"He looks well, despite his recent brush with cancer (he ... thought it was the Yanks who confused "presently" with "currently".[/nq]
[nq:1]It does mean currently, doesn't it? What it doesn't mean is "shortly/soon/in due course" or am I not keeping up again?[/nq]
I think you're not keeping up again.
We're on the midst of the changeover, so there is confusion between people
[nq:1]It does mean currently, doesn't it? What it doesn't mean is "shortly/soon/in due course" or am I not keeping up again?[/nq]
I think you're not keeping up again.
We're on the midst of the changeover, so there is confusion between people
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