“WALES’ sheep industry could be “decimated†within two years unless supermarkets increase payments to producers, an industry leader warns today.
Rees Roberts, who chairs red meat promotion body Hybu Cig Cymru, said the industry was in “crisis†and could be reduced to half its present size, threatening rural life across Wales.” IC Wales
Now, when I see ‘decimate’ I immediately think ‘reduced by one tenth’. I don’t think ‘halved’. I find it very confusing. If they don’t mean it is going to be decimated, why say so. The article would have been a lot clearer if they simply hadn’t bothered with the first paragraph at all.
Is it just me?
…and don’t get me started on “up to”.
Oh yeah, while I am in rant mode:
Peter Hain: ‘Our mission is to get British benefit claimants into British jobs to become British workers.’
What you mean it isn’t ‘to get Italian benefit claimants into Swiss jobs to become Polish workers.’ ?
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