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Million pound drop live

TheMilkyPirate · 2012-07-21 19:05:09

There's a question on million pound drop live just now that is bothering me, It's "which of these toys was first launched longest ago" Is the worst attempt at English ever on national television or am I missing something. Surely "Which of the toys was the first to be launched" makes more sense? I'm no grammar Nazi but this…

21-07-2012 7:05pm

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There's a question on million pound drop live just now that is bothering me, It's "which of these toys was first launched longest ago" Is the worst attempt at English ever on national television or am I missing something. Surely "Which of the toys was the first to be launched" makes more sense?

I'm no grammar Nazi but this is annoying me.

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#2 21-07-2012 7:07pm

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This managed to fall well below the very low expectations I had entering the thread.

:pac:

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