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BBC to cut adjectives, adverbs from broadcasts

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wwwiz

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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 [...].

Posted 2 years ago #
Ostsee

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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.

Posted 2 years ago #
4ty2

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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

as they saved so many stars you can have them

Posted 2 years ago #
Skylarking

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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...

Posted 2 years ago #
4ty2

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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

Posted 2 years ago #
Doylem

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Try it with a speech of Osborne and see what is left after a 25% cut

75%? I may be wrong; arithmetic isn't my strongest suit...

Posted 2 years ago #

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