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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNot everyone needs to be Highly Literate
There's no reason to crack on people for all grammatical and usage errors. (My spelling is pretty poor. I have no room to demand perfection.)
And I know that being a stickler has its limits. Future generations will increasingly use "enormity" to mean bigness and "fulsome" to mean full and I can't stop that from coming to pass.
That said, is it too much to ask that each major TV network have at least one fairly literate person on hand to glance at graphics before airing them?
CNN just did their bit where talking heads stride over a computer generated map like colossi (colossuses is also acceptable) while pontificating on Syria.
A graphic was revealed, in stages, showing the three types of targets we are considering bombing.
2) Rockets
3) Aircrafts
Aircrafts? Hmmm... I wonder how many sheeps could fit on all those aircrafts?
Xipe Totec
(43,888 posts)unblock
(52,116 posts)You just set my OCD off.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Or is it "a murder of aircrafts"?
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
All my base
Are belong to You
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Ohio Joe
(21,726 posts)Theys go in thems
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Keep ups the good works!
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)reformist2
(9,841 posts)... I think after 100 years, it's time to stop calling it "wrong."
Rex
(65,616 posts)Maybe they meant hovercrafts.
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)Sheep is the plural
BOG PERSON
(2,916 posts)thats the joke
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)How do you know they're not Sears Craftsman aircrafts?
demwing
(16,916 posts)Knitting a scarf while piloting a small aircraft = AirCrafts!
Knitting while snorkeling? Yep! WaterCrafts!
Quilted Tank = WarCrafts!
that's right...SpaceCrafts.