{"id":10364,"date":"2021-09-04T11:28:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T11:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/?p=10364"},"modified":"2021-09-04T11:29:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T11:29:34","slug":"ambiguity-corner-latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/?p=10364","title":{"rendered":"Ambiguity corner &#8211; latest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the second time this week, Reach plc&#8217;s Wales Online title graces this blog with its presence due to its journalists&#8217; failure to understand the word <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/ambiguity\"><em>ambiguity<\/em><\/a>, let alone recognise what it means and how avoiding it is crucial for members of the fourth estate.<\/p>\r\n<p>Today sees a classic ambiguous headline for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/news\/wales-news\/boy-15-approached-woman-woods-21476059\">this story<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_10373\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10373\" style=\"width: 427px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2021\/09\/log.png\" alt=\"Headline reads; Boy, 15, approached woman in woods armed with log and said &#039;give me all your stuff&#039;\" width=\"427\" height=\"449\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2021\/09\/log.png 427w, https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2021\/09\/log-285x300.png 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Who was armed with the log? Take your pick!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p>Amongst other things, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/guardian-observer-style-guide-a\">Guardian and Observer style guide<\/a> states that ambiguity is a common problem in headlines&#8221;.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the second time this week, Reach plc&#8217;s Wales Online title graces this blog with its presence due to its journalists&#8217; failure to understand the word ambiguity, let alone recognise what it means and how avoiding it is crucial for members of the fourth estate. Today sees a classic ambiguous headline for this story. Amongst [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,32,17],"tags":[36,16,10,22,33],"class_list":["post-10364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-translation-and-language-related-matters","category-media","category-oddities","tag-comment","tag-english-usage","tag-facepalm","tag-language","tag-media-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10364"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10375,"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10364\/revisions\/10375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}