You do not “arrive into”, you “arrive at”. Yet the entire British rail network seems intent on using this mangling verb construction. “The train is now arriving into Basingstoke.” Excuse me while I wail in despair.
I realise language is fluid, but come on: this is just ugly, dumb and wrong. It’s institutionalised illiteracy.
Entries from March 29th, 2009
Institutionalised illiteracy
March 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Main thread
Videogames do not turn people into murderers
March 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Gaming, tech & stuff
Another tragic high school shooting spree, this time in Germany. And yet again, the media cannot cover it without having to shoehorn in a mention of the fact that the killer played videogames.
This from The Guardian 12 March 2009: “Testimonies of friends and acquaintances today portray the table tennis champion as a lonely and frustrated [...]
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