Apostrophe'''''s, when did the rot set in?

[LunarOne]

No apostrophic abomination here, but seen this morning and almost as irritating. Unless they are alerting us to what has already happened.

[Wheelbrace]

LunarOne said:

In that case yes. It depends on the context.

The Cambridge and other dictionaries define “sixties” as a noun.

[RichB]

LunarOne said:

No apostrophic abomination here, but seen this morning and almost as irritating. Unless they are alerting us to what has already happened.

That's a shocker!

[LunarOne]

So is this story I've just seen on the BBC News website. According to the BBC, the poor lady's shop was vandalised and to add insult to injury, her window has no money. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-y...

[Wheelbrace]

To be fair to the BBC, they do correct the mistakes if you point it out to them.

The one in the link above has now been put right.

Ideally there shouldn't be any errors at all, but that is a large site to maintain, especially with the content being updated so regularly.

[droopsnoot]

Zetec-S said:

Yep, round here my unscientific observations would suggest the worst culprits for speeding are women with kids in the back of 10 year old Zafira's and Qashqai's.

[droopsnoot]

Milkyway said:

There won’t be any flying Anglia’s either

Spoiler tags left in place in case the revelation upsets anyone.

[jamesson]

RizzoTheRat said:

Don't keep it in the same place as you're 10mm socket!

[RATATTAK]

Alpinestars said:

And in fact, it would be so much more poignant given that most of the Gazan’s alive, well dead now, didn’t vote for Hamas.

[droopsnoot]

On a local pub wall

[paulguitar]

NFT said:

Tyres and Battery's account for a lot of call outs, the battery's are a good spinner as they sell & fit you one on the spot

[paulguitar]

Billy_Rosewood said:

I hope all of Barrowman's skeleton's fall out the closet

[paulguitar]

Cheekster247 said:

Too many Christmas Eve Sherry's

[droopsnoot]

Rob 131 Sport said:

You definitely allocated it in the right place, as I don’t believe it would sit well in the fast estate section next to all those high powered Audi’s, BMW’s and Mercedes.

[LunarOne]

Unilad said:

In the snap, the two Tesla's can be seen parked in one garage, but to say it is a tight squeeze is the understatement of the century.

https://www.unilad.com/technology/tesla-cybertruck-elon-musk-parked-garage-twitter-011873-20231228

[RATATTAK]

Frimley111R said:

Phrases that do my head in:

'Went extinct' Isn't it 'Become extinct'?

'Set on fire' No, it is 'Caught fire' (on the news yesterday they were talking about the Japanese plane that 'Set on fire' FFS!)

Wrong thread ?

[LunarOne]

RATATTAK said:

Frimley111R said:

Phrases that do my head in:

'Went extinct' Isn't it 'Become extinct'?

'Set on fire' No, it is 'Caught fire' (on the news yesterday they were talking about the Japanese plane that 'Set on fire' FFS!)

Wrong thread ?

Even if the wrong thread, I'm still engaged. "Set on fire" suggests it was done deliberately, while "caught fire" suggests it happened as a consequence of a sequence of events that may or may not have involved a deliberate action.

[jamesson]

Garvin said:

This behaviour does not make the slightest dent in the government but just advertises to rUK what a bunch of laughable, lightweight, moaning Minnie’s the Scot’s are.

[paulguitar]

glennjamin said:

Got a mate who lives in Utah, fly's around the world regularly on business.

[LunarOne]

Alex Baldwin faces fresh manslaughter charge over 'Rust' shooting
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-6803810...

Sam Cabral of BBC News said:

An attorney representing Ms Hutchins' family said it was "looking forward to the criminal trial".

"Our clients have always sought the truth about what happened on the day that Halyna Hutchins was tragically shot and killed," Gloria Allred said in a statement.

"They continue to seek the truth in our civil lawsuit for them and they also would like there [sic] to be accountability in the criminal justice system."

Why have the BBC added [sic] to the statement? Does Sam Cabral think it should be "would like their to be accountability"? Are there no editors or proof readers any more? Not an apostrophic abomination but nowhere else to complain.