#badenglish

"The reforms require authorities to limit the number of councillors on their planning committee to 13 and only allow planning applications to be decided by the committee if they meet a strict criteria [sic]." A criteria? FFS! #BadEnglish #BadJournalismhttps://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-news/stalinist-planning-permission-reforms-condemned-11068728

"There are multiple recycling centres in the area, but the specific facility has not been named by officials." What's wrong with several or numerous? #BadEnglish #BadJournalism #Bristol https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/avonmouth-fire-live-updates-large-11060010

Suburb (n.): an area on the edge of a large town or city. You can't have a suburb in the heart of a city.🤦‍♂️ #BadEnglish #BadJournalism #Bristol

"A member of the public discovered a man’s body on a roof garden located at a block of flats." What was 'a member of the public' [sic] doing on private property? #BadEnglish #BadJournalismhttps://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/urgent-enquiries-identify-man-found-10951196

Note to #WECA mayor Helen Godwin: railway stations are *built*, not 'delivered' [sic]. 🤦‍♂️ #BadEnglishhttps://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/new-41m-charfield-train-station-10949880

No, you're a *culinarily-challenged* home cook; and an illiterate to boot. #BadEnglish #BadJournalismhttps://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/food-drink/subscription-boxes/hello-fresh-meal-kit-review-b2956490.html

"Kondwari’s phone was downloaded [sic] by the force and messages were recovered and traced back to him." #BadEnglish #BadJournalismhttps://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/drug-dealer-held-passports-subordinates-10898824

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

@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.

@aroundthehills@mastodonapp.uk Why is B&Q using small cups (noggins) in a wall? #BadEnglish

That policy of sacking sub-editors a few years ago is really paying dividends for the literacy of Reach plc titles... #BadEnglish #BadJournalism

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

Homes are *built*, not delivered. Home are not pizzas or parcels... #BadEnglish #BadJournalism #Bristolhttps://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/plans-for-260-homes-on-meadows-recommended-for-approval/

"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 #BadJournalismhttps://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/reform-election-candidate-branded-snowflake-36703556

@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.

"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 #BadJournalismhttps://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/german-shepherd-seized-after-biting-10781874

"Now the planning department has been “de-designated” [sic] and the government will step away to let the organisation make its own decisions." #Bristol #BadEnglishhttps://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/bristols-planning-department-lifted-out-of-special-measures/