Pronouns gone wild
Looks like a case of Man Bites Man -- or, as the hed puts it:
Man charged in killing of man at his front door
Whose front door? Maybe the lede will help:
Police say a man shot and killed his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend after the man answered the door of his North Charleston home.
Great. Now we not only don't know whose door, we don't know which man. Could we try to be a little clearer on the crime news, please?
An area man was charged late Friday with murder after killing someone in an alcohol-related crash.
On second thought, let's not. But thanks again for sparing us the expense of a trial, Judge Observer!
Man charged in killing of man at his front door
Whose front door? Maybe the lede will help:
Police say a man shot and killed his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend after the man answered the door of his North Charleston home.
Great. Now we not only don't know whose door, we don't know which man. Could we try to be a little clearer on the crime news, please?
An area man was charged late Friday with murder after killing someone in an alcohol-related crash.
On second thought, let's not. But thanks again for sparing us the expense of a trial, Judge Observer!
posted by fev at 12:51 PM
3 Comments:
What on earth is an area man? Does the paper mean a local man?
Yes, JD. "Area man" is US newspaper for "local man".
And his T-shirt is available here: http://store.theonion.com/area-man-p-174.html
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