06-03-2012, 05:57 AM
No, it's not acceptable.
I edit such language (e.g., "broken pipes" or something more specific). I noticed the same type of vocabulary recently in my local paper, when a reporter referred to "busted windows" in a pile of debris after a fire. It should have been "broken glass," of course. The copy editors must be sleepwalking through some of these stories.
I edit such language (e.g., "broken pipes" or something more specific). I noticed the same type of vocabulary recently in my local paper, when a reporter referred to "busted windows" in a pile of debris after a fire. It should have been "broken glass," of course. The copy editors must be sleepwalking through some of these stories.
"To the press alone, checkered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression." ~ James Madison