02 May 2017 Editors Choice 4 Min Read

TOM EATON: A bad hyphen can really mess up your death squad

If anyone was still uncertain that Elvis was up to no good, a hit list was soon circulated online, helpfully headed with the words: “This are the beneficiaries of the State Capture regime, who are to be assassinated by our undercover coup plot sniper operation.”

in Lifestyle by Tom Eaton

WHEN I heard about the Anti-State Capture Death Squad Alliance, I was quite upset.
I know you felt it too. And how could you not? That hyphen! What the hell? I mean, is this a Death Squad Alliance that is opposed to state capture, or is this a Capture Death Squad Alliance that is anti-state and, if so, what is a Capture Death Squad Alliance? It’s a nightmare, people.

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