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'.
Browsing Newcastle’s reliably frowzy Evening Chronicle website, I was amused and appalled to find this absolute horror show.
Not only is the story offensively tenuous (offenuous, if you will), but it is ridden with the kind of errors that make me feel nice inside.
As it’s Friday, I am willing to believe that a system error led to the absence of apostrophes, but leaving it like this for 48 hours is just immoral.
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