Did video games kill grammar among journalists?

[getbush]

I'm not the best at grammar but it's pretty funny when things like this show up on the front page of google news. These guys are professional writers, right?


http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/5800/killedix4.jpg

 

[illusion88]

probably a typo

 

[getbush]

It's not a typo, it's a grammatical error. Either one shouldn't make it to press.

 

[Jeff7]

Our children is definitely learning.

 

[arrfep]

I agree with you. What's worse is that the first sentence that you can read is also grammatically incorrect. There should be no comma after the word "received." Comma use is running rampant these days, I think it's because people think it makes them sound smarter by letting them write run on sentences. (And yes, that was a deliberate attempt at irony)

 

[Lonyo]

All the cool kids are spelling things incorrectly or failing to use correct grammar these days. It's the 'in' thing.

 

[Toastedlightly]

teh win!

 

[thecrecarc]

Originally posted by: arrfep
I agree with you. What's worse is that the first sentence that you can read is also grammatically incorrect. There should be no comma after the word "received." Comma use is running rampant these days, I think it's because people think it makes them sound smarter by letting them write run on sentences. (And yes, that was a deliberate attempt at irony)

what, are you, talking, about?, Commas, are, the, coolest ever!,

 

[Ika]

I think it's just a case of "thinking of the right word, typed the wrong word."

 

[Toastedlightly]

,,,,,

 

[getbush]

Originally posted by: Aflac
I think it's just a case of "thinking of the right word, typed the wrong word."

Read the opening sentence and reconsider if you want to afford the author benefit of the doubt.

 

[imported_wicka]

Playfuls, the site that article came from, is Romanian. It's chock full of errors and really awkward English.

Oh, and that's just a stupid article anyway.

 

[Thraxen]

What you say?

 

[Atheus]

I went to the site, and within seconds I encountered this:

According to MCV, The Times wrote that the game's 19-year-old heroine Jennifer is "beaten, gagged and buried alive", also mentioning "among other horrors, a rat being pushed into a girl's face", and accusing the game of "alleged overtones of lesbianism and sadomasochism".

Commas indeed...

 

[imported_wicka]

Originally posted by: Thraxen
What you say?

You have no chance to survive make your time.

 

[Oblivionaire]

Originally posted by: getbush
It's not a typo, it's a grammatical error. Either one shouldn't make it to press.

NEITHER NYTHER EITHER AITHER lets call the whole thing off!

 

[Oblivionaire]

Originally posted by: wicka

Originally posted by: Thraxen
What you say?

You have no chance to survive make your time.

Someone set us up the dumb.

 

[EGGO]

Ò?Ó Grammar Nazi is not pleased.