"an Etihad, or an Anfield, an Emirates or an Old Trafford" he writes as if there are...

more than one staduim with each of those names.

Why do people in football and reporters have so much trouble with their plurals?

Posted By: Larry Hagman on August 5th 2014 at 20:12:40

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Proper Waggers little ole norwich article. (NCFC) - bobble, Aug 5, 19:22:44
- so his website is purely altruistic? (NCFC) - CWC, Aug 5, 23:11:49
  - oopsy, wrong place (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Aug 5, 23:13:51
- Good article. Struggle to see whether (NCFC) - Chopper, Aug 5, 22:34:32
- "...the likes of a Delia Smith..." FFS his use of language is up its own bottom (n/m) (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Aug 5, 20:16:22
- "an Etihad, or an Anfield, an Emirates or an Old Trafford" he writes as if there are... (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Aug 5, 20:12:40
  - There are two Etihad stadiums tbf. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Aug 5, 20:19:24
    - At least two Old Traffords too (n/m) (NCFC) - Winged Eel Creosote, Aug 5, 20:34:46
      - Perhaps The Norwich were expecting to play a 'Lancashire area XI' in the Prem (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Aug 5, 20:47:28
    - Only 1 of them in the Prem (n/m) (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Aug 5, 20:32:02
    - Oh, the Larralds... (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Aug 5, 20:30:00
      - Oh, the, Larralds. Shirley? (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Aug 5, 20:39:04
    - Lol (n/m) (NCFC) - Pink un exile, Aug 5, 20:22:35
- Had to give up at "in the space of ten, first half minutes." (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Aug 5, 19:36:48
  - lo , l (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Aug 5, 20:01:12
  - For someone, who has been a journalist for so long, his use, of commas, is shocking. (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Aug 5, 19:54:08
    - ...and his use of, words. (n/m) (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Aug 5, 20:33:31
    - I've got to assume he's using some really bad digital dictation software (NCFC) - CWC, Aug 5, 20:32:27
      - He doesn't write for a, living any more (n/m) (NCFC) - Winged Eel Creosote, Aug 5, 20:35:16
        
        replied in the wrong place above ^^ (NCFC) - CWC, Aug 5, 23:13:29
  - Lol. (n/m) (NCFC) - bobble, Aug 5, 19:47:18
- I quite like that. (NCFC) - norway, Aug 5, 19:28:18
  - appalling constructed trash (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Aug 5, 19:54:28

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