Freddie Flintoff's Holiday

[Elton]

Strange choice of word:

 

This river on Vancouver Island is great for fishing but is also one of the most beautiful, tranquil places you’ll ever visit.

 

I'd have thought 'and' would have been a better choice. The line above makes it sound like we only fish the ugly rivers!

 

Article here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/activity...t-outdoors.html

[PeterNE1]

Strange choice of word:

 

 

 

I'd have thought 'and' would have been a better choice. The line above makes it sound like we only fish the ugly rivers!

 

Article here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/activity...t-outdoors.html

 

The auto-edit / word count may have been at fault here perhaps? ... original may have read:

 

This river on Vancouver Island is not only great for fishing but is also one of the most beautiful, tranquil places you’ll ever visit.

[Anderoo]

If it's a quote in a publication, there's a very high chance a sub-editor's greasy paws have been all over it