Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
This has been bothering me for some time.
TV newscasters appear to avoid using posessives in their reports. At least that's the case on the Boston TV stations and it's quite consistent. I can't say if it is so in the rest of the country.
e.g. a reporter will say, "The suspect was arrested in the house of his mother." Rather than, "The suspect was arrested in his mother's house."
That's just one example of many I've heard.
Have you noticed this? Anyone have an explanation?
TV newscasters appear to avoid using posessives in their reports. At least that's the case on the Boston TV stations and it's quite consistent. I can't say if it is so in the rest of the country.
e.g. a reporter will say, "The suspect was arrested in the house of his mother." Rather than, "The suspect was arrested in his mother's house."
That's just one example of many I've heard.
Have you noticed this? Anyone have an explanation?