I’ve just been reading a newspaper sketch of a briefing by government experts, and the colourful language set me reaching for my dictionary to confirm that when the journo wrote about ‘a hoard of Tomahawk cruise missiles’, he really should have written ‘horde’ – a multitude rather than a stock of treasures.
It really blunts a good rant when the reader stops thinking about what the writer is complaining about and starts to wonder if he failed his English O-level exam.
No comments:
Post a Comment