OK, OK, OK, so I used 'their' instead of 'there'. It seems all my friends are grammar nazis (and no, that shouldn't be Nazis; there was even an article in The Times last week that said so). It is now fixed.
On other matters, Richard rather excellently posted a comment to my last post quoting a bit of Yes, Prime Minister which I had forgotten. It concerns newspapers and their readers, and is worth quoting in full:
Hacker: Don't tell me about the press. I know exactly who reads the papers:
The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country;
The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country;
The Times is read by people who actually do run the country;
The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country;
The Financial Times is read by the people who own the country;
The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country; and The Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is.
Sir Humphrey: Prime Minister, what about the people who read The Sun?
Bernard: Sun readers don't care who runs the country, as long as she's got big tits.
There you have it.
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Oh the joys of England. Apparently they have now banned drinking alcohol on the London Underground!! What next??
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/01/2261739.htm
Mike
Hi. Must've missed the excitement with the gramatical error. Probably just as well - I mightn't have been able to sleep if I'd read it prior to correction.
Anyway - greetings to all & any chance of some photos of people anytime soon (namely the Cooks-3)?
Miss you all,
Melissa
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