Two times zero = two
September 8, 2006
I could fill dozens of pages with the idiotic grammar and factual mistakes I spot in the paper or online news media every day. Today though, I’ll just pick one, because I just love it when reporters try to write that attention-grabbing first line, thinking they’re being really catchy or clever, but wind up falling on their face.
From Lafayette’s The Journal and Courier (I ran across this article when I was looking for reviews of local Thai restaurants):
“The number of Thai restaurants in Lafayette and West Lafayette has doubled in less than one year, going from zero to two.”
Well it certainly grabbed my attention — that reporter apparently never passed second grade math.
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Jeff September 10th, 2006 at 10:37 pm
So where any of the Thai restaurants good?
Matthew September 12th, 2006 at 10:46 pm
Exotic Thai was very, very good. I can’t wait to go back there again. I got the Pa-Nang beef curry. Most excellent.