Jayne ,'The Message'
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I have different expectations for journalists or any other paid professional writer. It drives me batshit insane when I hear newsanchors using "laid" instead of "lay", etc.
Or "the people vacated the building". No, the building was vacated. If people are vacating, I do NOT want to hear or see it as that's toilet time!
Same thing with "had an impact" being incorrectly shortened to "impacted by". AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH!
Or "the people vacated the building". No, the building was vacated.
You know, I don't think I realized this distinction. Hmm.
I am sure it's one of those things I learned at a young age, but like "decimation" widely incorrect usage (now accepted) has just screwed it up for stubborn people like me.
Oh! I *know* what word it is whose incorrect use has gotten accepted because everyone, even fucking NPR, does it: "troops" as indicating a singular person. Like "three troops were killed in Afghanistan."
"Troop" is a goddamn collective noun, like "flock." But all kinds of news outlets have been using "troop" as a synonym for "soldier." WTF???
They covered evacuation as it applies to people and buildings on The Wire. Otherwise I wouldn't have known that one.
OH GOD I FUCKING HATE "TROOP"
They covered evacuation as it applies to people and buildings on The Wire. Otherwise I wouldn't have known that one.
Hey I might've learned it there!
OH GOD I FUCKING HATE "TROOP"
Even goddamn NPR!!!
Perhaps we should all write to NPR. It would be a revolution.
I HATE TROOP TOO! Every time they says 'three troops were deployed' I picture 3 groups of soldiers, not three soldiers. I was beginning to think I was crazy and that troop always = soldier.
Yeah, I thought I was just wrong about what I thought troops meant because that's used so universally. Now I can be righteously indignant! So much better.