03 November 2006

A pedant writes...

It may be trivial to some, but it would be a lot more convincing if Ms Sturgeon took greater care with her drafting. I count four or five errors in this brief quote featured on the BBC website here:
"Speaking ahead of the launch, SNP Holyrood leader Nicola Sturgeon said: "Research shows that around one in four 25-40 year olds have [!] iPods, [!] the SNP is using this media [!] to specifically [!] target the key demographic groups of graduates and young professionals.
"We know that this age group are [!] the strongest supporters of independence, and so the SNP is reaching out to these voters with a pledge to lift the burden of student debt from thousands of young Scots and their families."

It's not an impressive testimonial to Scottish educational standards.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Yes, this is the inevitable result of dumbing down in the educational system over several decades.