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Trout Montague Started conversation May 17, 2007
http://www.ecb.co.uk/england/npower-tests/flintoff,12882,EN.html
See the photo, see the caption:
"Matt Prior receives his England cap off Andrew Strauss..."
"off"?
Surely "from"?
Are standards slipping or am I found wanting?
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frenchbean Posted May 17, 2007
Disgusting grammar. Pah!
Just shows that we Aussies speak betterer English than the English 
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LL Waz Posted May 17, 2007
Shocking. The correct version is of course,
"Matt Prior receives his England cap off of Andrew Strauss...".
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Number Six Posted May 17, 2007
This is a recent favourite of mine...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/05/11/sfnyeo11.xml
Mike Burrows isn't my real name, though.
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Trout Montague Posted May 24, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport
Look, today, now
"Carragher devestated after defeat"
What the dickens is "devestated"?
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LL Waz Posted May 24, 2007
Someone listening?
It's now moved to http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/default.stm
and has been corrected.
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