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> "The whole thing is a mess - a terrible example of junk science hitting the internet in free-fall," wrote Dr David Stuart Wouldn't it actually be an excellent example of 'junk science hitting the internet in free-fall' ?
"I'm in terrible pain."
You can see it on google maps using these co-ords (4.20, -4.20)
The coordinates you posted point to the sea off the coast of Cote d'Ivoire... The actual coordinates are these: 17.9447247, -90.1666302 And by the way, I also noticed that no news outlet seems to even bother to post the coordinates.
> "The whole thing is a mess - a terrible example of junk science hitting the internet in free-fall," wrote Dr David Stuart Wouldn't it actually be an excellent example of 'junk science hitting the internet in free-fall' ?
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"I'm in terrible pain."
"This is an excellent example of excruciating pain". The "terrible" in "terrible example of X" means that it's a bad example of X, not that it's a good example of how X is bad.
You might prefer a nonambiguous wording, but the current wording is valid, and not a grammatical error.
For the pain example, think of "a terrible example of how to excruciatingly injure yourself" as a phrase that's easier to use in either context.
You could literally throw a dart at a map of the Yucatan/Northern Central America and it would land on an "Ancient Mayan city". I grew up there, and our house was built on top of Maya ruins, we'd find hundreds of ruins in the surrounding mountains. We used to dig up full ceramic bowls and a ton of obsidian in the garden. The hype around this kid is amazing.
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"This is an excellent example of excruciating pain". The "terrible" in "terrible example of X" means that it's a bad example of X, not that it's a good example of how X is bad.
When we're talking about something a person did (promoting junk science, in this case), it's easy to use the meaning of setting a bad example. It's usually clear from context whether the example is 'terrible to follow' or 'terrible at explicating'. You might prefer a nonambiguous wording, but the current wording is valid, and not a grammatical error. For the pain example, think of "a terrible example of how to excruc…