More concerns about The Economist‘s grammar
It seems I’m not the only person to have questions about The Economist‘s grammar. From the letters in the August 3, 2006 issue:
Like, er, awesome
SIR— The Human Genome Project is “sooo yesterday” (“A study with a lot of balls”, July 29th)? I mean, like, wow. My advanced language students use The Economist to appreciate excellent written English. Like, unreal. Perhaps we should switch to a different text? Like, Hello!?David Legard
Singapore
Tags: Economist, Slang, Word choice
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