BBC illiteracy

[SpudLink]

This has just appeared on the BBC Sport app...


Is it now acceptable for journalists to use 'of' when the correct word is 'have'

[mp3manager]

I'm not sure what's worse, the illiteracy or posting in the wrong forum.

Answers on a postcard please.

[lucido grigio]

Shocking !

Get the Daily Mail onto it immediately....

[jas xjr]

unfortunately it is not limited to the bbc. pretty much any website , especially those of newspapers. maybe it is all those unpaid interns.
in the best ph traditions , i am sure my post will be full of mistakes

[ambuletz]

mp3manager said:

I'm not sure what's worse, the illiteracy or posting in the wrong forum.

Answers on a postcard please.

I can tolerate people who write 'loose' instead of lose, or shirley instead of surely etc... but hate those posting in the wrong forum, even more so when it's someone that's been on here for years!!

[lucido grigio]

jas xjr said:

unfortunately it is not limited to the bbc. pretty much any website , especially those of newspapers. maybe it is all those unpaid interns.
in the best ph traditions , i am sure my post will be full of mistakes

Someone stole all your capital letters......

[jas xjr]

lucido grigio said:

jas xjr said:

unfortunately it is not limited to the bbc. pretty much any website , especially those of newspapers. maybe it is all those unpaid interns.
in the best ph traditions , i am sure my post will be full of mistakes

Someone stole all your capital letters......

it is an extra keypress , i have to conserve my energy.

[lucido grigio]

Good thinking.

[SonicShadow]

It's the live feed, people make mistakes when you don't have time to proof read everything.

[SteveSteveson]

Shock horror, live reporting leads to occasional errors.

[0a]

Human beings are not perfect SHOCK!

[SpudLink]

SonicShadow said:

It's the live feed, people make mistakes when you don't have time to proof read everything.

I know. I'm usually more tolerant. I just wanted to start a rant, but couldn't be arsed to do it properly.
As for posting on the wrong forum, I would have posted in NP&E, but I fear they would take it seriously.

[Mr2Mike]

SonicShadow said:

It's the live feed, people make mistakes when you don't have time to proof read everything.

Spelling mistakes and typos are acceptable in a live feed IMO, but blatant assaults on grammar not so much.

[SonicShadow]

SpudLink said:

SonicShadow said:

It's the live feed, people make mistakes when you don't have time to proof read everything.

I know. I'm usually more tolerant. I just wanted to start a rant, but couldn't be arsed to do it properly.
As for posting on the wrong forum, I would have posted in NP&E, but I fear they would take it seriously.

Terrible, you didn't even swear once!

[thebraketester]

lucido grigio said:

Shocking !

Get the Daily Mail onto it immediately....

It was probably written by one of those foreigners who's stolen all our jobs.

[SpudLink]

thebraketester said:

lucido grigio said:

Shocking !

Get the Daily Mail onto it immediately....

It was probably written by one of those foreigners who's stolen all our jobs.

Probably a liberal. A linguistic liberal.

Anyway, Konta won the match, so all is well.

Now I'm off to see "Ghost in The Shell". I may start a rant about that later

[Vaud]

SteveSteveson said:

Shock horror, live reporting leads to occasional errors.

Quite.