[Magdalen] Creeping UK-ism?

[Scott Knitter]

On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Roger Stokes
<roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> How does your proofreader's ear react to American expressions that don't
> make sense such as "All doors will not open at the next stop"?

I hear a lot of misplaced "all" and "only." As in "This train will
only stop at Belmont and at Howard." (So it will only stop there, not
derail there or do anything else there.) Instead of the more precise
"This train will stop only at Belmont and at Howard."


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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA