drmandarin
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@Simon_Kelner @theipaper
*despoliation
Probably a good idea to avoid trying to use words you can’t spell correctly.
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@sam_ruck3r @thetimes
spikes in demand *have been outstripping stocks
Plural noun, plural verb. Basic grammar.
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@Richard_AHolmes @theipaper
*eastward
*westward
The cardinal directions are not proper nouns; no initial majuscule.
You’ve used “eastwards” and “westward”. Make your mind up about final ‘s’ and use it consistently. Ideally UK English. Basic stuff.
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@KatrinaManson @theipaper
The “killing” of Nicolás Maduro?
You want to check your facts. He wasn’t killed.
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@realBenBloch @SkyNews
22:30pm? Really? Are you sure?
It’s either 22:30, or 10:30pm. There’s no such time as “22:30pm”.
Has it really got to the point where “journalists” make this sort of egregious error?
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@theipaper did you not bother looking at the photo? That’s the great seal of the vice president, not the president.
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@MarksSimon @theipaper
“of long standing”
The compound adjective “long-standing” takes a hyphen, as in e.g. “a long-standing racist”.
But when used in an adjectival phrase as in “of long standing”, no hyphen.
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@avivaplc Well - competent proofreading would’ve caught this. A simple spellcheck would’ve caught this. The only reasonable conclusion is that neither of those basic tasks was performed. So I’m not buying it. It speaks to laziness, rushed work, lack of attention.
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@drmandarin Thanks for spotting this - we hold our hands up on this one. A little typo slipped through and found its way into our YouTube ad. We’re only human, and even with all our checks the odd letter can go rogue. Thanks for raising it - we’re working on a fix as we speak.
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@avivaplc why should anybody trust you with investments when you can't get spelling on your ads right?
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@_PeterHunt @theipaper
The word you were aiming for is “mystique”, not “mystic”.
homonym ≠ synonym
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@Richard_AHolmes @theipaper
“repelled”?
I think not.
The word you were aiming for but missed, is “rappelled”.
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@GrageDustin And what part of that requires deadly force and murder in response?
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🚨 BREAKING: Was just sent a video showing the moments before the shooting.
In it, you can clearly see Renee Good’s vehicle blocking ICE agents for over 3 minutes as she’s dancing to her own car horn.
Kinda ruins some narratives, doesn’t it?
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@CatAllynC @theipaper
instant aluminium?
You probably mean “empty aluminium instant coffee can”.
Slightly redeemed by spelling ‘aluminium’ correctly though 👍🏼
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@katie_hawkinson @Independent
“fatal” killing? Really?
Is it possible to have a killing which is not fatal? Or do you not understand basic concepts of English?
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@complaints33897 What details would you like?
Just open the app on iOS and observe the error. Happens immediately on opening.
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@British_Airways
Your iOS app persistently not working.
Perhaps it’s time you developed a proper app rather than just a wrapper for an HTML viewer …
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