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Times, October 15, 2024
More from the illustrious Times. ‘Discrete’ means separate or unconnected, as in ‘there are four discrete movements in the symphony; it is often used in a technical or mathematical context. The word wanted here is ‘discreet’, meaning cautious or unobtrusive. That is to leave aside the split infinitive, which could have been avoided by rephrasing thus: ‘to continue their discreet search’.
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Times, October 14, 2024
I haven’t got words to express my amazement that the Times pays money to someone who thinks the plural of ‘foot’ is ‘foots’.
A feast of illiteracy from the Times and the Sunday Times, papers with great reputations being daily trashed by the morons in charge. I don’t know what the subbing system is at these papers but surely at least two people (the sub and the chief sub) must see copy before it is published – and there should be several other layers of checking given that they are employing halfwits.
Times, October 11, 2024
The past tense of ‘shine’ is not ‘shined’ but ‘shone’. This is pathetic.
Sunday Times, October 13, 2024
‘Whose’ is an interrogative word in line with ‘why’, ‘where’ and ‘when’, for example ‘Whose shoes are these?’ while what is wanted here is ‘Who’s’, a contraction of ‘Who is’.
Sunday Times, October 13, 2024
It is scarcely believable that anyone thinks the abbreviation of ‘parachute’ is not ‘chute’ but ‘shoot’ yet here is the proof.