Originally posted by Parallax It's not at all odd when you consider that the average journalist or copy writer has only a passing familiarity with the rules of grammar and composition.
Yes, but I thought all "news" stories these days were written by robots that just compile and paraphrase what they find in Twitter. And those robots are written by computer geeks with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder who spend their leisure time reading youtube comments, correcting people's their/there/they're errors - I expect better!
PS: The flight attendants did a pretty good job with the roads last night, but it's going to get worse before it gets better. And they forgot my pretzels!