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> ran from Paddington, where the great railways entered London from the west, to Farringdon, on the edge of the city The New Yorker sub-editors are notoriously
by dmurray 4y ago
> ran from Paddington, where the great railways entered London from the west, to Farringdon, on the edge of the city
The New Yorker sub-editors are notoriously anal about their house style, but you'd think the one who dealt with this article could have left it as "the edge of the City" rather than completely changing the meaning.
- randomcarbloke 4y agoAm I to infer they have ceased capitalising proper nouns?
- cja 4y agoThank you. I don't know much about London geography and this really confused me. I could believe neither that the underground line went outwards from Paddington nor that Paddington was outside the city at that time.
- stuaxo 4y agoFarringdon, the edge of "The City of London", certainly not the city named London.