Phones and internet down in Bowers Gifford (From Southend Standard)

Have you been effected?

Affected

A better headline would be - Attempted cable theft leaves homes without phones

Eric Whim wrote:

Have you been effected?

Affected

Awful, isn't it? It is not even a one off mistake. I had a look at her twitter account and she uses "effected" instead of "affected" there too, on several occasions.
Do editors not exist at the echo? Who reads these articles before publication? Maybe they do not bother with the web site side of things. Maybe the editors are also illiterate.
Occassional poor grammar and spelling is excusable in everyday life but not when you purport to be a jounalist.

emcee wrote:

Eric Whim wrote:

Have you been effected?

Affected

Awful, isn't it? It is not even a one off mistake. I had a look at her twitter account and she uses "effected" instead of "affected" there too, on several occasions. Do editors not exist at the echo? Who reads these articles before publication? Maybe they do not bother with the web site side of things. Maybe the editors are also illiterate. Occassional poor grammar and spelling is excusable in everyday life but not when you purport to be a jounalist.

Occasional even!!!

We have been affected since around saturday night at 11.45 ish very worrying aswell as we have a medical alarm system that uses the phone line for my elderly grandparents who live in the house for when we are out. have been told 5 different completion times so far for this and it just keeps getting furthewr and further away!

perini wrote:

emcee wrote:

Eric Whim wrote:

Have you been effected?

Affected

Awful, isn't it? It is not even a one off mistake. I had a look at her twitter account and she uses "effected" instead of "affected" there too, on several occasions. Do editors not exist at the echo? Who reads these articles before publication? Maybe they do not bother with the web site side of things. Maybe the editors are also illiterate. Occassional poor grammar and spelling is excusable in everyday life but not when you purport to be a jounalist.

Occasional even!!!

I made a mere typo that should not pass editorial inspection and is one of the errors that is excused in everyday life. Besides, I do not purport to be a journalist.
However, the journalist concerned is not making a typing error. She is making a schoolgirl error in her command of English that she makes all too frequently.

emcee wrote:

perini wrote:

emcee wrote:

Eric Whim wrote:

Have you been effected?

Affected

Awful, isn't it? It is not even a one off mistake. I had a look at her twitter account and she uses "effected" instead of "affected" there too, on several occasions. Do editors not exist at the echo? Who reads these articles before publication? Maybe they do not bother with the web site side of things. Maybe the editors are also illiterate. Occassional poor grammar and spelling is excusable in everyday life but not when you purport to be a jounalist.

Occasional even!!!

I made a mere typo that should not pass editorial inspection and is one of the errors that is excused in everyday life. Besides, I do not purport to be a journalist.
However, the journalist concerned is not making a typing error. She is making a schoolgirl error in her command of English that she makes all too frequently.

Couldn't resist that comment though - Oh the irony of it - lol!

Allo allo?

still down and saying wednesday at the earliest, that will be 11 DAYS!