This is a tiny, little thing and really just a peeve.
Here’s what WFPL says Norris Shelton had to say:
“I think he ought to put his issues on the table,” he says. “It doesn’t matter to me if it gets negative. I have been out here awhile and I can take it. The question is whether or not he’s done anything that he can demonstrate is meaningful or achievable that is important to constituents.”
Shelton’s comments were playing this morning and it seems grammar was changed. He said, “he’s did.” Not, “he’s done.”
Surely it was just a typo.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Joel // Aug 1, 2012 at 4:20 pm
I thought it was standard journalistic practice to change questionable grammar in a quotation? There doesn’t really seem to be anything wrong with it.
2 Not Bob // Aug 1, 2012 at 4:27 pm
It is not standard practice
3 Joel // Aug 1, 2012 at 4:32 pm
Perhaps not, you could be right. But that would mean there should be a lot more “ummms” and “likes” in just about every newspaper article ever.
4 Linda // Aug 1, 2012 at 5:20 pm
Agreed, should’ve been a (sic).
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