The Captain’s Log

Pontifications of The Great and Terrible Captain Cucamunga.

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 12:11:31 EDT

Consider This Sentence

The following sentence occurs in The London Free Press on Apple News. “A man London police said was ‘erroneously released’ from custody following a court appearance in connection with a charge of attempted murder has been re-arrested, officals announced Saturday night.”

Clumsy. The mention of the court appearance is unnecessary. The final attribution is also unnecessary. I will add some details found later in the article.

My rewrite: “A London man charged with attempted murder was apprehended in Chatham on Saturday. Leblanc Ashe was ‘erroneously released’ from the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Center on Thursday.”