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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 13, 2026
No, you're a *culinarily-challenged* home cook; and an illiterate to boot. #BadEnglish #BadJournalism https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/food-drink/subscription-boxes/hello-fresh-meal-kit-review-b2956490.html
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 03, 2026
"Kondwari’s phone was downloaded [sic] by the force and messages were recovered and traced back to him." #BadEnglish #BadJournalism https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/drug-dealer-held-passports-subordinates-10898824
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 23, 2026
According to BBC News, an emergency meeting will be held today to discuss inter alia, how the government can 'support families'. So, are we single pensioners being left to fend for ourselves yet again? #BadJournalism #BadEnglish
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 09, 2026
@alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space Something loosely associated with Ingrish... There is also a superfluity of commas in the copy. An old sub-editor mate of mine became a media studies lecturer at the local university. #BadEnglish was rampant amongst his students.
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 09, 2026
@aroundthehills@mastodonapp.uk Why is B&Q using small cups (noggins) in a wall? #BadEnglish
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 09, 2026
That policy of sacking sub-editors a few years ago is really paying dividends for the literacy of Reach plc titles... #BadEnglish #BadJournalism
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 08, 2026
Horseback officers? Someone's never heard of mounted police. #BadEnglish #BadJournalism #Bristol https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/six-arrests-made-protests-bristol-10853856
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 05, 2026
Homes are *built*, not delivered. Home are not pizzas or parcels... #BadEnglish #BadJournalism #Bristol https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/plans-for-260-homes-on-meadows-recommended-for-approval/
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 11, 2026
"Reform’s by-election candidate has been branded a “snowflake” who is "running scared" after dropping out of a hustings for the Gorton and Denton seat." Hustings is a plural noun. 🤦‍♂️ #BadEnglish #BadJournalism https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/reform-election-candidate-branded-snowflake-36703556
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 01, 2026
@distinctdipole@tech.lgbt My working life as a linguist means I have always been held to a high standard in my native language. #BadEnglish can equate with no more work. Both my parents left their one room village schools in #Norfolk at 14 in the 1940s. *They* wrote and spoke English of a higher standard than some today are capable of.
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Jan 29, 2026
"The three members of the public who were bit [sic], all of whom are adults, suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene." #SGloucs #BadEnglish #BadJournalism https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/german-shepherd-seized-after-biting-10781874
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Jan 29, 2026
"Now the planning department has been “de-designated” [sic] and the government will step away to let the organisation make its own decisions." #Bristol #BadEnglish https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/bristols-planning-department-lifted-out-of-special-measures/
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