Spot The Solecism
Posted in Linguistic Annoyances at 9:00 pm on 2 February 2010
Today I received a glossy four page flier (folded A3 size, then) – I think it came with my newspaper – calling itself Holyrood Magazine. Its strapline was, “Are you in the loop? Holyrood Magazine is Scotland’s award winning current affairs magazine.”
The banner headline was “Education in Scotland 2010″ about a conference to take place in Edinburgh on Tue 23rd Feb.
The introduction to Session One: Scotland’s Education System started,
“It has now been 10 years since the power to make decisions was handed to Scotland and it’s administration.”
I stopped reading right there.
It was clearly written by someone who needs a bit more education him or herself. It was also not adequately proof-read.
Where’s the brick wall to bang my head against?
Tags: Linguistic Annoyances
Onebrow
February 2, 2010 at 9:08 pm
It’s tragic to see it happen. So many documents get so close and then get confused when it comes to the exception that proves the rule.
jackdeighton
February 3, 2010 at 10:44 pm
Well done, Onebrow.
You were the only person to comment on the deliberate mistake…..
(I’ve changed it now.)