small things come with great packages

Today

anatomycampaign:

I got burnt for a teaser, where I wrote “triple bombing in Iraq kills 25”. My boss says it should be “triple bombings” following the logic of using “twin bombings”. I didn’t take it lightly and proceeded to Google if somebody else uses ”triple bombing” and I found out people in CNN use it in the singular form.

*insert head desk scene here*

The boss called me again, this time, telling me they are not too sure because in sports, it is phrased “The Celtics win in triple overtime”. Numerical Series + Noun without an S.

*insert winding discussion of singular plural formations here**

I told them: I’ll just use “A series of bombings”…Please.

And I did.

go moka!