When did the UK stop using st, th and nd??
15 January 2018, 04:00 PM
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When did the UK stop using st, th and nd??
All I see in the British media nowdays are dates without the st, nd, rd or th after them.
for example.
"Brown was not home when agents executed a search warrant on 2 January."
you also see it on ads on tv aswell.
"Coming to a cinema near you Jan 2"
So when did this awful Americanism become acceptable in main stream British media?
for example.
"Brown was not home when agents executed a search warrant on 2 January."
you also see it on ads on tv aswell.
"Coming to a cinema near you Jan 2"
So when did this awful Americanism become acceptable in main stream British media?
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15 January 2018, 04:08 PM
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About the same time everyone started their sentences with "so", which was a short while after everyone started saying "y'know", but a long while after everyone started saying "like" every like other like word 
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15 January 2018, 07:47 PM
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The standard of grammar, literacy as well as correct use of English in the media is atrocious, and is getting worse by the day, even newsreaders are getting it wrong on a daily basis. This is from someone who is mildly dyslexic (mitigated by having to endure a dragon of an English teacher that ruled through fear of her wrath); Even though I make continual errors and fail to recognise them, I can easily spot the errors of others (thankyou Mrs Jones 
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That said, I do not work for the media so consider myself exempt. However, for those that do and practice poor English skills, I suspect a good portion of them are not of indigenous British heritage or taught by teachers of the same irk and therefore never corrected. Either that or they are just bone idle and rely on checkers within American software, either way it's clear that the majority do not proof read, as so often I read breaking news sections that are amended and end up repeating the same thing three or four times within the same article.
Today I found out what "lit" meant FFS!
).That said, I do not work for the media so consider myself exempt. However, for those that do and practice poor English skills, I suspect a good portion of them are not of indigenous British heritage or taught by teachers of the same irk and therefore never corrected. Either that or they are just bone idle and rely on checkers within American software, either way it's clear that the majority do not proof read, as so often I read breaking news sections that are amended and end up repeating the same thing three or four times within the same article.
Today I found out what "lit" meant FFS!
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15 January 2018, 09:54 PM
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All I see in the British media nowdays are dates without the st, nd, rd or th after them.
for example.
"Brown was not home when agents executed a search warrant on 2 January."
you also see it on ads on tv aswell.
"Coming to a cinema near you Jan 2"
So when did this awful Americanism become acceptable in main stream British media?
for example.
"Brown was not home when agents executed a search warrant on 2 January."
you also see it on ads on tv aswell.
"Coming to a cinema near you Jan 2"
So when did this awful Americanism become acceptable in main stream British media?
It's military speak, as in 15 Jan 2018. Pretty simple really.
16 January 2018, 11:33 AM
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23 January 2018, 06:10 AM
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It's when every child started going to 'Uni'.
Might you, I can't cope with the Australians getting cricket scores back to front -5/205 rather than 205/5.
Aaargh
Might you, I can't cope with the Australians getting cricket scores back to front -5/205 rather than 205/5.
Aaargh
23 January 2018, 07:47 AM
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And why did they rename Septicaemia?
Whilst the media and media world campaigned to promote awareness, just when the public became aware of what it was they adopted a different name which none of the older generations have even heard of! Maybe it was because doctors couldn't spell it or argued on if it should be spelt with an "a".
It's Latin translation makes less sense too; Sepsis is a form of lizard!
Whilst the media and media world campaigned to promote awareness, just when the public became aware of what it was they adopted a different name which none of the older generations have even heard of! Maybe it was because doctors couldn't spell it or argued on if it should be spelt with an "a".
It's Latin translation makes less sense too; Sepsis is a form of lizard!