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>I just love it when reporters don't trust the strength of their words, and lay extra ones to augment their sentence, creating utter nonsense: "gone so far as to counterfeit fake government seals". Why would anyone counterfeit a fake? A fake is worthless. If you're adept at forgery, then counterfeit the genuine article.
A couple of my pet peeves:
- in recent years the vast overuse of the word "so"
- awkward constructs in a misguided attempt to appear sophisticated e.g. "most well-known" instead of "best-known"
I don't think there are many editors still working today. Cost-cutting is leading to reporters and journalists editing themselves, or else "news" organizations are relying on citizen journalists or bloggers who may never have heard of the concept.
Regards. Al
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