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Grammar Unaffects the Times of India

13 March, 2008 by Amit Varma

If you’re in an institution as powerful as the Times of India, and you can’t think of a suitable word in a headline, don’t worry, just make something up. Nobody messes with the ToI. Consider this remarkable headline from yesterday:

Airport strike unaffects flight services

Words fail me. Time for a neologism?

(Link via email from MadMan.)

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