I like to think I can write understandable English.
But today I happened across some of the most mangled and confusing explanations I've ever seen in bike training paperwork, apart - perhaps - from some of the more unusual 'explanations' of counter-steering.
So what do you think?
First:
'the inability of being unable'
And my particular favourite:
'particularly on left hand bends with 23% of manoeuvres leading to a fatality'
My, perhaps twisted, English reads that as "23% of times riders attempt to go around a left hand bend they're involved in a fatal crash".
Sadly, this is from a DSA production, 'explaining' the background to motorcycle casualties.
It continues:
'It is very important that we understand where things are going wrong'.
With 'explanations' like those quoted, I wonder whether a real understanding is understandable.
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Wednesday, 15 October 2008
Garbled, Mangled, or Just Half-Baked?
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