Forum » Topic: BBC to cut adjectives, adverbs from broadcasts http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20558 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Thu, 23 May 2013 03:27:25 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php Doylem on "BBC to cut adjectives, adverbs from broadcasts" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20558#post-55529 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:17:35 +0000 Doylem 55529@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Try it with a speech of Osborne and see what is left after a 25% cut </blockquote></p> <p>75%? I may be wrong; arithmetic isn't my strongest suit... </p> 4ty2 on "BBC to cut adjectives, adverbs from broadcasts" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20558#post-55514 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:57:54 +0000 4ty2 55514@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I meant lots of us should submit, not someone else. He only comes up with the idea of getting a hard one to make someone smile. Any text transmitted with 25% cut would be highly interesting. Try it with a speech of Osborne and see what is left after a 25% cut </p> Skylarking on "BBC to cut adjectives, adverbs from broadcasts" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20558#post-55511 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:48:59 +0000 Skylarking 55511@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>If someone had the grammatical nous to finish this I think it's FP material. I'd love to read an obviously adjectiveless quote from Mark Thompson for example... </p> 4ty2 on "BBC to cut adjectives, adverbs from broadcasts" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20558#post-55509 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:42:21 +0000 4ty2 55509@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>they have enough administartors to try switching off the transmitters to save money. This deserves lots of suggestions to make it FP news - a story with lots of blank spaceto save money</p> <p>as they saved so many stars you can have them </p> Ostsee on "BBC to cut adjectives, adverbs from broadcasts" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20558#post-55500 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:23:42 +0000 Ostsee 55500@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Showing solidarity with the economy measures required of the BBC, I now listen to 25% less of Chris Evans, now 45 seconds down from one minute. </p> wwwiz on "BBC to cut adjectives, adverbs from broadcasts" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20558#post-55476 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:42:04 +0000 wwwiz 55476@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Latest fallout from budget cuts was announced by BBC global news director Peter Horrocks. Calling it "a [...] day for the BBC," Horrocks warned that prepositional phrases may be next on the chopping block. We may have to broadcast my statement as "A [...] day [...]. </p>