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mr. language grumbler
Nov. 22nd, 2008 08:01 amCan't journalists for respectable newspapers come up with a better opening line than that annoying phrase, "When it comes to ..."? What is the "it" that is coming?
Surely this particular example could have just as easily begun, "Law enforcement officials vocally advocate one particular approach for protecting children on the Internet." Or any number of other ways.
And while we're at it, enough with the "second ... after" gap. Here's a good example: a headline reading "India, the second largest newspaper market after China," which immediately raises the question, "So then what's the first largest one after China?" Of course, on reading the article one finds that the headline actually means "India, the second largest newspaper market in the world (China is the first)" but that's not what it says.
Both of these annoyances were once rare, but they're now very common, and very annoying.
Surely this particular example could have just as easily begun, "Law enforcement officials vocally advocate one particular approach for protecting children on the Internet." Or any number of other ways.
And while we're at it, enough with the "second ... after" gap. Here's a good example: a headline reading "India, the second largest newspaper market after China," which immediately raises the question, "So then what's the first largest one after China?" Of course, on reading the article one finds that the headline actually means "India, the second largest newspaper market in the world (China is the first)" but that's not what it says.
Both of these annoyances were once rare, but they're now very common, and very annoying.
