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« on: April 17, 2014, 16:48:30 »
Recently, I have found irritating grammatical mistakes slipping into use on Britain's trains.

1) "We are now arriving into Banbury".
You cannot arrive into a place, you are arrive AT a place.

2) "... please don't hesitate to contact a member of staff or myself"
It's ME!!! You cannot contact myself, you contact me!

Sorry to have a rant, but if you make announcements, can you please grammar-ate correctly (and save Btline's blood pressure.)
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« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2014, 17:13:44 »
When ranting about grammar one really should refrain from making up hyphenated words.

'Grammar-ate' looks and sounds awful. Roll Eyes

That aside, I too hate 'Arriving into...".

And don't get me started on "...Coach Hate-ch".

It's "Aitch".
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« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2014, 18:45:35 »
On trains with a T.M or Conductor then the announcement regarding contact in my eyes sounds good and is possibly correct !!

I'm not brilliant at Queens English but if you are broadly speaking to passengers on the train you are not talking to a single person and usually the conductor or T.M would then go through the train.

That's depending on the train location etc.
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« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2014, 19:05:04 »
Quote from: Busboy W1 on April 17, 2014, 18:45:35
On trains with a T.M or Conductor then the announcement regarding contact in my eyes sounds good and is possibly correct !!

I'm not brilliant at Queens English but if you are broadly speaking to passengers on the train you are not talking to a single person and usually the conductor or T.M would then go through the train.

That's depending on the train location etc.

Not entirely sure what you mean.
If you think the second announcement sounds ok, it's still wrong. Basic English grammar. It should say. "Please do not hesitate to contact me". Why would it be reflexive?
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« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2014, 20:13:25 »
Quote from: Btline on April 17, 2014, 16:48:30
Recently, I have found irritating grammatical mistakes slipping into use on Britain's trains.

1) "We are now arriving into Banbury".
You cannot arrive into a place, you are arrive AT a place.

2) "... please don't hesitate to contact a member of staff or myself"
It's ME!!! You cannot contact myself, you contact me!

Sorry to have a rant, but if you make announcements, can you please grammar-ate correctly (and save Btline's blood pressure.)

"Myself" has another use, apart from the reflexive one. This is as an alternative to "me", for clarification or emphasis. It's a bit like "moi" in French.

In this case the interpolation of "a member of staff or" has pushed "me" away from its expected position just after the verb, and it sounds a bit weak as a result. So using "myself" is quite justifiable, though not entirely necessary.

In this case I suspect that using the PA▸ (Public Address (broadcast loudspeaker announcements) or Passenger Assist (railway staff providing physical assistance to passengers with mobility issues), depending on context) is part of the reason. I've noticed a lot of guards have a problem ending their little speech, and they keep going until they come to a strong enough ending that they feel they have really finished properly.
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« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2014, 20:17:20 »
Quote from: Btline on April 17, 2014, 16:48:30
Recently, I have found irritating grammatical mistakes slipping into use on Britain's trains.

1) "We are now arriving into Banbury".
You cannot arrive into a place, you are arrive AT a place.

2) "... please don't hesitate to contact a member of staff or myself"
It's ME!!! You cannot contact myself, you contact me!

Sorry to have a rant, but if you make announcements, can you please grammar-ate correctly (and save Btline's blood pressure.)
Whilst talking of grammar, can I have a prize for spotting your deliberate grammar error?
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