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Seems that BBC News doesn't proofread its headlines
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John Gray
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Seems that BBC News doesn't proofread its headlines
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"(or one of the team)" - how your hospital appointment letter indicates that you won't be seeing the Consultant...
"(or one of the team)" - how your hospital appointment letter indicates that you won't be seeing the Consultant...
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Re: Seems that BBC News doesn't proofread its headlines
Oh great.
Just Great!
Now John Gray can segue into how Chris Greaves is better acquainted with literacy than him.
Or he.
Cheers, Chris
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Re: Seems that BBC News doesn't proofread its headlines
And while we are at it, why "preparing" (presumably used as a gerund).
"Has King Charles III banned the use of the latinate preparation?", he wrote, using italics to express his preference for latinic sources?
And if you are using preparing as a gerund, ought it not to have a definite or indefinite article precding it?
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Re: Seems that BBC News doesn't proofread its headlines
Meanwhile, in this seemingly one-sided cricket match:
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