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"The five metre (75ft) vessel..." Perhaps fifteen feet?
by ChrisGranger 8y ago
"The five metre (75ft) vessel..."
Perhaps fifteen feet?
- judgardner 8y agoSeems they corrected pretty quickly, but yeah funny.
- romwell 8y agoFor the record, it was, indeed, 75ft (23m).
- de_watcher 8y agoAt this point these ft and weird date formats are more like just annoying...
- vincebowdren 8y agoGo on, I'll bite. Which date format in the article is weird?
- clamprecht 8y agoOn the other hand, I'm pretty impressed that they got the correct form of the verb "to lie": "... where it appears to have lain undisturbed for more than 2,400 years."
- Wildgoose 8y agoWhy would you not expect an educated native English speaker to be able to speak English?
- Supernaut 8y agoBitter experience.
- cm2012 8y agoNot a common word.
- steve_adams_86 8y agoIt's frequently said wrong by the educated and uneducated alike.
- empath75 8y agoIf it's frequently said by the educated and uneducated alike, then that's just the right way to do it.
- steve_adams_86 8y agoI don't disagree at all! I just understand why someone might be surprised at seeing the proper usage.
- clamprecht 8y agoThese days, editors often can't even write a headline correctly.
- ernesth 8y agoThough here it is an error, it could have been correct: 12 metre yachts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Metre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Metre) can be more than 60 feet long. For example, Stars and Stripes was 66ft (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars_%26_Stripes_87 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars_%26_Stripes_87).