Posts Tagged ‘Tom Brokaw’
Newscasters speaking in ‘-ing’ are creating a tense situation
Wednesday, November 10th, 2004
Milk sales are up, reported NBC’s Peter Alexander last month on "Nightly News." What Alexander said was this: "America’s favorite drink at home now becoming a popular choice for families on the go." Not "is becoming," but "now becoming." This strange syntax is getting more common on television news.
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