Mocking Poor Grammar
Since 2007
A noun that is formed from a verb and which describes an action. In English it ends in -ing, eg 'the baking of bread' and 'Smoking damages your health'.
It’s been a while since we picked on theguardian, but I nearly spat out a large piece of wensleydale when I read this whilst eating my dinner (that’s the meal around midday).
The excerpt comes from an interview with ice hockey-haired one-time benefit-botherer Kym Ryder:
The same mistake is, happily, made in the online version . Very good, theguardian, very good.
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