[plug] Oz Govt Linux Deal

[Bernd Felsche]

"Jonathan Young" <jonathan at pcphix.com> writes:
>"Bennett, Phillip" <Phillip.Bennett at bestroads.com.au> wrote:

>>> "... open source government contract in Australia of its kind, ..."

>>So what does "Australia of its kind" mean?  How do people with that
>>level of language skill become journalists - and plenty do?

>>I'm not too sure...  But what I find disgusting is going through
>>the morning and weekend papers and being able to pick up all the
>>mistakes.  I'm not sure WHAT they are teaching people these days,
>>but I'm sure it's not english. :(

>Agreed.  It's quite a worry!

>I would have gone with, "In Australia, it's the first open source
>government contract of it's kind." or similar since that is taken

KISS.

"It's the first open source government contract of it's kind in
Australia"

No starts. No stops. No pauses. Parses sensibly without effort.

I call it "Writing for Readers".

>out of context from your quote and not from the original article.

>This stuff happens all the time though unfortunately.  I'm surprised
>that a newspaper journalists software doesn't include a decent grammar
>checker!

It's supposed to be the job of editors to police that sort of thing.
But now they're there to consume expensive lunches between mumbling
inflamatory editorials.
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