BBC grammar goes from bad to worser ...

[Evangelion]

Just heard on the lunchtime news with Emily Maitliss:

"Unemployment is worst among young people aged between 16 to 24"

[turbobloke]

They can doing much more worserer than that

[Marf]

[Ralph Wiggum]Me fail english? Thats unpossible![/Ralph Wiggum]

[FourWheelDrift]

It is possible she read ahead and added "between" herself before reading what was on the Autocue. Just anticipated something that would normally describe what she was saying, such as "between the ages of 16 and 24" but the person who wrote the news item put "young people aged 16 to 24".

[youngsyr]

FourWheelDrift said:

It is possible she read ahead and added "between" herself before reading what was on the Autocue. Just anticipated something that would normally describe what she was saying, such as "between the ages of 16 and 24" but the person who wrote the news item put "young people aged 16 to 24".

She's a Cambridge graduate who is fluent in four languages (according to the infallible Wikipedia), so I'm guessing it was a genuine slip of the tongue in a live broadcast, not a sign of falling grammatical standards at the Beeb.

[G_T]

youngsyr said:

FourWheelDrift said:

It is possible she read ahead and added "between" herself before reading what was on the Autocue. Just anticipated something that would normally describe what she was saying, such as "between the ages of 16 and 24" but the person who wrote the news item put "young people aged 16 to 24".

She's a Cambridge graduate who is fluent in four languages (according to the infallible Wikipedia), so I'm guessing it was a genuine slip of the tongue in a live broadcast, not a sign of falling grammatical standards at the Beeb.

Take that Daily Mail readers...

[ShadownINja]

youngsyr said:

FourWheelDrift said:

It is possible she read ahead and added "between" herself before reading what was on the Autocue. Just anticipated something that would normally describe what she was saying, such as "between the ages of 16 and 24" but the person who wrote the news item put "young people aged 16 to 24".

She's a Cambridge graduate who is fluent in four languages (according to the infallible Wikipedia), so I'm guessing it was a genuine slip of the tongue in a live broadcast, not a sign of falling grammatical standards at the Beeb.

She's a cunning linguist, then.

[youngsyr]

ShadownINja said:

youngsyr said:

FourWheelDrift said:

It is possible she read ahead and added "between" herself before reading what was on the Autocue. Just anticipated something that would normally describe what she was saying, such as "between the ages of 16 and 24" but the person who wrote the news item put "young people aged 16 to 24".

She's a Cambridge graduate who is fluent in four languages (according to the infallible Wikipedia), so I'm guessing it was a genuine slip of the tongue in a live broadcast, not a sign of falling grammatical standards at the Beeb.

She's a cunning linguist, then.

She presented some awards do or other that I went to last year. Seemed nice enough, but not my type even if she does drink from the furry cup.

[dtmpower]

OMG The Be Be See is rubbish at grammars - and like , cant even like type propa inglish - you think any old Vicky Pollard would be riting it !

[CommanderJameson]

youngsyr said:

ShadownINja said:

youngsyr said:

FourWheelDrift said:

It is possible she read ahead and added "between" herself before reading what was on the Autocue. Just anticipated something that would normally describe what she was saying, such as "between the ages of 16 and 24" but the person who wrote the news item put "young people aged 16 to 24".

She's a Cambridge graduate who is fluent in four languages (according to the infallible Wikipedia), so I'm guessing it was a genuine slip of the tongue in a live broadcast, not a sign of falling grammatical standards at the Beeb.

She's a cunning linguist, then.

She presented some awards do or other that I went to last year. Seemed nice enough, but not my type even if she does drink from the furry cup.

She's married with two children.

[Parrot of Doom]

Evangelion said:

Just heard on the lunchtime news with Emily Maitliss:

"Unemployment is worst among young people aged between 16 to 24"

What's the problem? Everyone understands what she means. Descriptive grammar > proscriptive grammar tbfh.

Edited by Parrot of Doom on Thursday 17th September 13:13