• Pons_Aelius
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    121 year ago

    which shows that nine out of 10 seven to 21-year-olds are worried or anxious.

    Holy shit, did they fire all the guardian sub editors? That is some terrible writing to convey a fairly simple meaning. How about:

    90 percent of 7 to 21-year-olds are worried or anxious.

    • Skua
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      The Guardian is famous for questionable editing despite a lot of otherwise solid journalism. That’s why it’s often called the Grauniad - Private Eye making fun of how frequently it included typos all the way back in the 80s

  • @flossdaily
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    121 year ago

    Well, obviously.

    (Gestures broadly at everything)