Here are some pieces of evidence pointing to @gmanews as the main culprit in the serial murder of the English language.
Exhibit No. 1:
There is a difference between “assure” and “ensure.” We hope this link would finally enlighten the social media specialists over at Timog Avenue.
Exhibit No. 2:
Pronouns and antecedents—like subjects and verbs—also have to agree. Okay?
Exhibit No. 3:
So what do you call those random checkpoints?
This time, @gmanews is trying to be funny. We’re not amused.
In case @gmanews finally goes to jail over its grammar atrocities, it will likely share the death row with @ABSCBNNews.
“Shootout” has a hand? Well, it should thank the Calabarzon police chief for washing it.
Exhibit 2: Could it be that the antecedent of “it” is “being afraid”?
Exhibit 3: If Purisima did say that contradicting quote, then it’s not GMA’s fault.
There’s also nothing wrong with the idiom “wash hands of” as it was used by ABS-CBN. http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/wash+hands+of They could have said “washes HIS hands of”, but in tweet or headline format, sacrificing “his” is forgivable.
^agree