Bought/brought confusion - The Argus hits a new low

AZ Gull said:

It seems increasingly common to see or hear people mistakenly use the word "brought" when they actually mean "bought", eg "I brought it in Tesco".

However, I don't think I've ever seen the reverse misuse of these words; until today. Step forward, The Argus:-

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So, is this an Argus scoop about someone cheating death through the financial resources of his friends? Have these austere times impacted the Grim Reaper as much as the rest of us, and he is resorting to raising dough through selling potential targets back to the living?

Er, no - the headline should, of course, read "The day friends brought me back from the dead".

Is this part of an inexorable trend that will ultimately result in these words being used interchangeably, simply because people become ignorant of their original meanings?

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AZ Gull said:

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Er, no - the headline should, of course, read "The day friends brought me back from the dead".

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AZ Gull said:

It seems increasingly common to see or hear people mistakenly use the word "brought" when they actually mean "bought", eg "I brought it in Tesco".

However, I don't think I've ever seen the reverse misuse of these words; until today. Step forward, The Argus:-

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So, is this an Argus scoop about someone cheating death through the financial resources of his friends? Have these austere times impacted the Grim Reaper as much as the rest of us, and he is resorting to raising dough through selling potential targets back to the living?

Er, no - the headline should, of course, read "The day friends brought me back from the dead".

Is this part of an inexorable trend that will ultimately result in these words being used interchangeably, simply because people become ignorant of their original meanings?

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Gilliver's Travels said:

I note the victim's name was Peter Holroyd.

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symyjym said:

Surely it should read "The day my fiends brung me back from the dead"

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supaseagull said:

I think you need to get out more and meet people

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symyjym said:

Surely it should read "The day my fiends brung me back from the dead"

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Hamilton said:

Like nearly.

It should read 'Like, the day my friends brung me back from the dead'

Like, every sentence should have a 'like' in it. Like, don't you know that?

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dejavuatbtn said:

They can't spell, can't punctuate, have a poor habit of getting their grammar wrong and frequently fail to edit incorrectly placed photograhs. All in all the paper is a complete shambles. I confess that I still read it, mainly or obituaries, but the "on-line" version that is considerably cheaper. No surprise it is now based in Southampton. JV must be turning in his grave.

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dejavuatbtn said:

They can't spell, can't punctuate, have a poor habit of getting their grammar wrong and frequently fail to edit incorrectly placed photograhs. All in all the paper is a complete shambles. I confess that I still read it, mainly or obituaries, but the "on-line" version that is considerably cheaper. No surprise it is now based in Southampton. JV must be turning in his grave.

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Badger said:

just saying....

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fat old seagull said:

Oh Poo, the world's about to implode. But don't worry the NSC Grammar Police are on the job. Bought, brought, brung or bringed if you haven't the savvy to understand the sentence whichever is used I'll see the point of thread. Otherwise it's pointless because we are all educated to different standards and all prone to mistakes. What would be good is some tolerance.

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