"Last week, at the end of America's National Speed Week, when large numbers of mostly men descend on the salt flats and drive as fast as possible, Dieselmax broke the 300mph barrier. " - Guardian unlimited web site, 22 Aug 2006
I am looking forward to meeting this new breed of mostly men: the mind boggles at which bits are not of the traditional masculine kind. Perhaps they wear pinnies?
If the writer had taken the trouble to proof his words, he might have realised that he meant to say "large numbers, mostly of men,".
The Guardian was always known for the carelessness of its sub-editing in the days of hot metal typesetting (hence its nickname, Grauniad), but now that subs are a thing of the past, such howlers are common in even the most illustrious publications, as I shall no doubt report in the future.
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