Tuesday, November 30, 2010

English is now a second language at the ABC

I just read this on the ABC News web-site. I'm appalled at the very poor grammar:


A Darwin school student received an unexpected shock yesterday when they opened their schoolbag to retrieve their lunch only to discover a snake slithering inside.


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4 comments:

  1. ThePhizNovember 30, 2010 at 4:11 PM

    A, Darwin, school, student, received, an, unexpected, shock, yesterday, when, they, opened, their, schoolbag, to, retrieve, their, lunch, only, to, discover, a, snake, slithering, inside?Just to make up for it.

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  2. newlifenarrabriDecember 1, 2010 at 6:12 AM

    The comment was about the use of "they" and "their" to indicate "A Darwin school student"

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  3. ThePhizDecember 28, 2010 at 11:12 AM

    I didn't pick up on that part. I figured they didn't know the gender so kept it neutral. How else do you write it?

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  4. newlifenarrabriDecember 29, 2010 at 4:12 AM

    A real journalist would have found out. It would just take a phone call.

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