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I have just bought the February issue of British Railway Modelling. Inside the cellophane cover is a small card insert that offers money off the gate price for the Harrogate show but it has as its headline "25 truly aspirational layouts in this issue".
I aspire to produce a good model railway but in a magazine I want to see layouts that inspire me to do better. Therefore I think that the writer meant to say "25 truly inspirational layouts in this issue". Now we all, including me, make the occasional error of spelling, punctuation, or grammar, but should a professional writer (I assume it was done by someone paid by the magazine) mix up 'inspirational' with 'aspirational'?
If I am correct in this analysis of the situation then I think that things have come to a pretty pass. Or am I just a grumpy old man concerned about standards that no longer apply?
I aspire to produce a good model railway but in a magazine I want to see layouts that inspire me to do better. Therefore I think that the writer meant to say "25 truly inspirational layouts in this issue". Now we all, including me, make the occasional error of spelling, punctuation, or grammar, but should a professional writer (I assume it was done by someone paid by the magazine) mix up 'inspirational' with 'aspirational'?
If I am correct in this analysis of the situation then I think that things have come to a pretty pass. Or am I just a grumpy old man concerned about standards that no longer apply?