Boston Globe Commits Crime Against Grammar

[gnomi]

I was reading an article in the Boston Globe this morning about a school bus driver being fired for disciplining a student on the bus. The article discusses, in part, other bus drivers who were disciplined for one reason or another. And then there's this paragraph:

Last year, state lawmakers renewed calls for requiring monitors on school buses or for bus drivers to be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation after a 5-year-old Marlborough boy choked on a school bus and died.

(emphasis mine)

I realize it's a tragic incident, but I couldn't help giggle at the visual.

Comments

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

The subjunctive is a lie. :-)

As for that boy, he was probably a terrorist.

(You know the joke about the stupid terrorist that tried to blow up a bus, but burnt his lips on the exhaust?)