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long time no see
Earthsea



United Kingdom
7268 Posts
Posted - 23/01/2008 :  15:21:35  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Yes the argus are a young Text Type staff.

Best stick with the FAR BETTER and Free METRO
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Discworld



1504 Posts
Posted - 23/01/2008 :  17:18:58  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Infinite Poppadum

Mrs Poppadum has just pointed out that the Argus here writes of "less delays" when it should be "fewer delays".

"Less delay", however, is correct usage.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1986659.mostviewed.road_misery_as_work_on_brighton_bridge_begins.php


Well said!
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Infinite Poppadum
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1717 Posts
Posted - 23/01/2008 :  21:21:13  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
A classic. Right now the opening line of this one refers to a "duel carriageway".

I guess it can certainly seem like that sometimes.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/generalnews/display.var.1989575.0.a27_closed_after_car_flips_off_road.php
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld



1717 Posts
Posted - 28/01/2008 :  17:24:39  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The Argus here uses the word "their" when it has previously said that only one passenger was involved in being cut from the car. Not two people or more.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/display.var.2000079.0.cars_collide_on_country_road.php
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long time no see
Earthsea



United Kingdom
7268 Posts
Posted - 28/01/2008 :  18:00:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Why do YOU
not Email Ben Parsons the writer of that edit.
Click his name
you can tell him Direct
what a Bad speller he is.


Case Closed.
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld



1717 Posts
Posted - 28/01/2008 :  22:21:08  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Has LTNS tried writing to Brown and/or Bush in hopes that they would mend their ways?
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long time no see
Earthsea



United Kingdom
7268 Posts
Posted - 28/01/2008 :  22:22:22  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Infinite Poppadum

Has LTNS



Click Parsons Name
Email the boy.
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld



1717 Posts
Posted - 04/02/2008 :  09:45:46  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Here is an article about why - in effect - the Argus is thin, and has poorly spelling

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2251802,00.html
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea



United Kingdom
6640 Posts
Posted - 11/02/2008 :  16:02:18  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
As for the Argus comments not being moderated ... think again.

I left the following comment on the Police Chase Victim Named

quote:
It is indeed a tragedy when a thoughtless act of stupidity causes the death of a human being.

I am more incensed by the misleading headline though. The Police chase did not kill anyone. The death was as a direct consequence of voluntarily entering a car compounded by the drivers failure to stop.


It has been removed but other far more insensitive and very nasty comments have been left unmoderated. Hey hop!
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
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long time no see
Earthsea



United Kingdom
7268 Posts
Posted - 11/02/2008 :  16:24:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Miriam Binder

As for the Argus comments not being moderated ... think again.

I left the following comment on the Police Chase Victim Named

quote:
It is indeed a tragedy when a thoughtless act of stupidity causes the death of a human being.

I am more incensed by the misleading headline though. The Police chase did not kill anyone. The death was as a direct consequence of voluntarily entering a car compounded by the drivers failure to stop.


It has been removed but other far more insensitive and very nasty comments have been left unmoderated. Hey hop!



If Any Comments upset You
Report them,(simply click "report this post")
thats how it works.
FACT.



Case Closed.
Edited by - long time no see on 11/02/2008 16:27:07
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea



United Kingdom
6640 Posts
Posted - 11/02/2008 :  16:59:55  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see

Case Closed.
Only because you with your usual panache and insight, have totally misunderstood the case ... yet again
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
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long time no see
Earthsea



United Kingdom
7268 Posts
Posted - 11/02/2008 :  17:15:35  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
What Your Case to moan about spelling.
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld



1717 Posts
Posted - 11/02/2008 :  17:22:48  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
So we can assume that LTNS would be happy with an electrican who put thw wires on the wrong terminals.

Or a cook who overdid the rosemary in a pasty...
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long time no see
Earthsea



United Kingdom
7268 Posts
Posted - 11/02/2008 :  17:26:48  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Infinite Poppadum

So we can assume that LTNS would be happy with an electrican who put thw wires on the wrong terminals.
Or a cook who overdid the rosemary in a pasty...




No that kind of Electrician
should be sent to the Falkands to learn the basics.
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea



United Kingdom
6640 Posts
Posted - 11/02/2008 :  17:29:55  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see

What Your Case to moan about spelling.
No sweetpea ... my case is that the Argus is quite happy for all sorts of drivel to appear on their commentary, including some very nasty comments and highly inflammatory posts but heaven forbid one post should criticise the Argus' choice of headline
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
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long time no see
Earthsea



United Kingdom
7268 Posts
Posted - 11/02/2008 :  17:47:46  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
No Miriam
they rely on good folks to inform them of Illegal posts.

They are now a Downsized unit
The Better Metro is Free
Sooner or later they will follow.
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea



United Kingdom
6640 Posts
Posted - 11/02/2008 :  17:58:18  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see

No Miriam
they rely on good folks to inform them of Illegal posts.

They are now a Downsized unit
The Better Metro is Free
Sooner or later they will follow.
You are talking through some orifice other then you mouth again LTNS.
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld



1717 Posts
Posted - 11/02/2008 :  20:06:54  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see

quote:
Originally posted by Infinite Poppadum

So we can assume that LTNS would be happy with an electrican who put thw wires on the wrong terminals.
Or a cook who overdid the rosemary in a pasty...




No that kind of Electrician
should be sent to the Falkands to learn the basics.


What on earth is this? Since when did apprenticeships in electrics entail going off to the Falklands, far from any pasties?
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea



United Kingdom
6640 Posts
Posted - 12/02/2008 :  09:44:41  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Or maybe the Argus is just trying to empathise with its readership

Police chase victim named
6:52pm Sat 9 Feb 08
A teeanger who died after a police car chase has been named by friends.
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld



1717 Posts
Posted - 20/02/2008 :  09:20:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This should make LTNS - if not the Argus - use the semi-colon.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/nyregion/18semicolon.html?em&ex=1203656400&en=99c49a0bee62defa&ei=5087%0A
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long time no see
Earthsea



United Kingdom
7268 Posts
Posted - 20/02/2008 :  11:24:02  Show Profile  Reply with Quote


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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld



1717 Posts
Posted - 20/02/2008 :  11:27:25  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I see that LTNS is giving us a glimpse of his clothes sense.

I suspect that after most purchases from Gregss his brain hurts.
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea



United Kingdom
6640 Posts
Posted - 20/02/2008 :  11:29:58  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Bless his cotton gussets. He just cannot resist a crayon photo opportunity
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld



1717 Posts
Posted - 20/02/2008 :  11:37:45  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
All is explained. LTNS has cut corners by using this operating system.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2006/nov/30/uknews
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long time no see
Earthsea



United Kingdom
7268 Posts
Posted - 20/02/2008 :  11:48:10  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Miriam Binder

Bless his cotton gussets. He just cannot resist a crayon photo opportunity






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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld



1717 Posts
Posted - 02/03/2008 :  12:47:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The Argus here writes the "Highways Agency were" instead of "was".

http://www.theargus.co.uk/display.var.2086793.0.driver_seriously_injured_after_car_smashes_into_traffic_lights.php
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld



1717 Posts
Posted - 10/03/2008 :  23:08:46  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The Argus here writes "lightening" when it means "lightning".

People don't like to buy papers when care has not been taken over the production.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/generalnews/display.var.2107401.0.woman_gives_birth_twice_and_has_five_babies.php
Edited by - Infinite Poppadum on 10/03/2008 23:10:30
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld



1717 Posts
Posted - 12/03/2008 :  17:13:53  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The Argus here writes "coowner", which is unpronounceable, instead of co-owner.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/generalnews/display.var.2113504.0.partys_over_for_balloons.php
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld



1717 Posts
Posted - 20/03/2008 :  09:15:34  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Here - in an article on education! - the Argus puts "principle" when it means "principal"...

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/generalnews/display.var.2133850.0.pupils_given_computer_games_for_turning_up_to_school.php#comments
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FG1
Alagaësía



Wallis and Futuna Islands
45 Posts
Posted - 20/03/2008 :  11:29:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Infinite I think the Argus may be right. Principle is being used as an adjective.
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