Radio 4 once considered itself a protector of standards, but I'm here to state that any such view is unjustified. When the guy with the ears from Dragons' Den, three days ago on the Today programme, said: 'Some other group have come in . . .' I shuddered at the complete dumbing down; it was like listening to a footballer after a game - you know, "I like them sorta crosses, and we was well in control".
Also on that same R4 programme was a sports report in which the reporter said, 'You do the math'. Fuck right off! This appalling phrase does not belong in the UK - it lives in the USA.
The AA spokesman on the next report said, 'The Highways Agency haven't acted . .'. There's me thinking that proper grammar is Agency has, or Agencies have. Twats on R4.
'A large group of people gather round . .'. Ditto; does no one at R4 understand the collective noun and basic grammar that used to be understood in my day at age 8 - not now of course, as youngsters these days need just thumbs and a grunt.
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