Obscure Box

One of the many mistakes journalists make is to mix their singular and their plurals.
It can be difficult, especially in sport when a player is but the team are.
But the greatest offence is when the writer uses both singular and plural language on the same subject.
Take this line from a blog: “In recent decades the [...]

I will begin with a confession.
My early years in journalism included working for one weekly newspaper where as a poorly-paid and overworked junior hack I would also have to file the odd piece for the advertising department.
These advertorials usually began with a phone call to whoever was paying for the advertorial, where I would introduce [...]

The poor soul following the G20 summit in London for the ABC got a bit confused over what’s English… and what’s not.
On radio in Trouble at the G20 meeting in London, PM’s presenter Mark Colvin asked reporter Lyndal Curtis about a meal cooked up by a celebrity chef and served to the G20 leaders.
LYNDAL CURTIS: [...]