 Poster: A snowHead
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I must say that the grammer and punctuation on the BBC Weather -Wintersports website has been diabolical this season! The flowery language, HUGE sentences and school boy grammer are really starting to wind me up.
Example:
It should, on the whole, be a lovely week of clear blue skies and pleasant skiing for France and Italy.
A similar weather theme is expected for Austria and Switzerland.
However, on Thursday 23rd February, cloudy skies are expected to return over the vast majority of resorts in these countries, and the clouds could bring scattered snow flurries.
Unfortunately a handful of Austrian resorts could experience rain as temperatures are expected rise into positive digits for the first time in weeks
Why write "on the whole"?
Why not say, " France, Italy, Austria and Switzerland", instead of that second line?
Why write "However" and "vast" in this long sentence?
I'm sure the BBC could employ somebody with a degree in the English language. Gggrrrrr!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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RWDLYN, that's spelt grammar. First rule of ranting... 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Why not pick out "experience " instead of have [ crisper Plain Eglish]. Space does not experience anything. It`s a reification. Only sentient beings "experience". Syntax and semantics are no worse than many comments on the site. Should rage about things that are important.
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Arctic Roll, What is more, there is nothing wrong with the grammar.
It is actually the style he is objecting to, rather than the grammar.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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RWDLYN, Why are you looking at a general BBC website for snow info - there's a wide number of better places too look - for example http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/snow_reports.php? where you actually get live updates from people skiing you're resort right now..
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| bertie bassett wrote: |
| RWDLYN, Why are you looking at a general BBC website for snow info - there's a wide number of better places too look - for example http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/snow_reports.php? where you actually get live updates from people skiing you're resort right now.. |
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I can understand it perfectly well.....
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