Just had some apolitical bumpf through the door. This stood out:
"Today's youth is tomorrows parents..."
Proof reading at it's best.
Reminds me of George Bush's "putting food on your family" quote.
Mind you Labour's website has talked of their "key elcetion pledges" for over a month now so they're not alone in being unable to proof read their own publicity
I was aware that the sentence isn’t strictly grammatically correct, but that was the way that Aaron wrote his piece. We thought it was right to leave it unaltered.
As a party we are actively against putting words into people’s mouths but we might have considered correcting it if we thought it wasn’t clear what Aaron meant. It’s phrased in a quirkily idiosyncratic way that allows Aarons voice to come through,
So we thought it was right to leave it unaltered and it is as he wrote it.
That’s not to say there aren’t other errors in our material…
I was aware that the sentence isn’t strictly grammatically correct, but that was the way that Aaron wrote his piece. We thought it was right to leave it unaltered.
As a party we are actively against putting words into people’s mouths but we might have considered correcting it if we thought it wasn’t clear what Aaron meant. It’s phrased in a quirkily idiosyncratic way that allows Aarons voice to come through,
So we thought it was right to leave it unaltered and it is as he wrote it.
That’s not to say there aren’t other errors in our material…
Grammatical errors are a minor issue far more important is the error of completely reneging or not carrying out election pledges IMHO.
The current school of thought on English language usage is that there is no wrong or right / correct or incorrect usage of grammar amongst native speakers. If a person speaks in the vernacular, then it is correct for them. (I'm not really opening this can of worms but see David Crystal et al).
But clearly the way that another person speaks or writes is important to understanding who they are and what they are trying to get across. Which is about tone, style, vocabulary etc, and I think it's important not to sanitise this voice.
As it happens in this case you have a personal statement written by a young man who is training to be a carpenter not not copywriter, the communication is 'direct speech' and clear as a 'Bell'.
And I didn't alter a word. If there is fault in that then the fault is mine.
Logged
Male
