Georgia Love made headlines last week after leaked emails showed her chastising her colleagues in the Channel Seven newsroom for their grammar.
And while the former Bachelorette, 33, prides herself on being a stickler for accuracy, a closer look at her ‘grammar note’ tells a rather different story.
The Herald Sun published an email sent by Georgia to the Seven News Melbourne team in which she criticised journalists for incorrectly using the word ‘surgeries’.
Whoops! Seven News reporter Georgia Love, 33, considers herself a stickler for accuracy, but a closer look at last week’s controversial ‘grammar note’ tells a rather different story
Georgia said ‘the word surgery doesn’t need to be pluralised’, and that the word ‘surgeries’ had improperly crept into the English language.
However, the word ‘surgeries’ is regarded as grammatically acceptable when used in certain contexts – such as in reference to various types of specific surgeries.
For example, the sentence, ‘All leg and arm surgeries were cancelled,’ is correct.
‘Doesn’t need to be pluralised’: On Friday, The Herald Sun published this email sent by Georgia to the Seven newsroom, criticising journalists for incorrectly using the word ‘surgeries’
The word ‘surgery’, on the other hand, can be used when referring to the general practice of surgery – for example, ‘All surgery is cancelled.’
Georgia’s email also contains several errors – including its reference to ‘bug bears’ as two separate words.
Bugbear, meaning something that causes fear or anxiety, is actually one word.
Word up: The word ‘surgeries’ is regarded as grammatically acceptable when used in certain contexts – such as in reference to various types of specific surgeries
Georgia also used the grammatically questionable word ‘snuck’ in her memo, writing: ‘It’s just one of those bug bears [sic] that’s incorrect but has snuck into our language.’
‘Sneaked’ is the past tense of ‘sneak’, while the irregular verb ‘snuck’ is considered a colloquialism that has only entered the English language in the past 100 years.
Ironically, use of the term ‘surgeries’ is generally regarded as more grammatically acceptable than ‘snuck’.
Error: Georgia’s email also contains several errors – including its reference to ‘bug bears’ as two separate words. Bugbear, meaning something that causes fear or anxiety, is actually one word
Georgia made headlines on Friday after being called out for chastising her Seven News colleagues for their grammar.
She was shamed by a senior reporter, in leaked emails obtained by The Herald Sun, for correcting the newsroom over the supposedly incorrect use of the word ‘surgeries’ in an email titled ‘grammar note’ last week.
The reality star began her email: ‘Hi friends! Just a note on using the word ‘surgery’ – it doesn’t need to be pluralised. You have surgery, not “a surgery”, so you don’t have “surgeries”…. Ie. “all elective surgery is cancelled.”
How did that word sneak in? Georgia also used the grammatically questionable word ‘snuck’ in her memo. ‘Sneaked’ is the past tense of ‘sneak’, while the irregular verb ‘snuck’ is considered a colloquialism that has only entered the English language in the past 100 years
‘Alternatively, can use “operations” or “procedures”. Eeeeeeeeeeveryone does it, it’s just one of those bug bears [sic] that’s incorrect but has snuck into our language.’
The email was sent by Georgia following a bulletin read by reporter Melina Sarris.
In another leaked email, a senior reporter called out Georgia for her ‘unreasonable’ email, encouraging the team to ‘carry on’ with their ‘great work’.
Leaked email: The email was sent by Georgia following a bulletin read by reporter Melina Sarris
The email read: ‘Hi friends. Just a note to say this note is not helpful or reasonable. Please carry on your great work and forget about it. You’re all doing a great job under difficult circumstances. Keep it going – we love you. Xxx.’
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Channel Seven and Georgia’s representatives for comment.
Last month, Georgia was pulled from her on-air duties at Seven and relegated to the production desk just days after posting a ‘racist’ video on Instagram.
The journalist had sparked backlash for sharing footage of a cat behind the window of an Asian restaurant and writing: ‘Shop attendant or lunch?!’
Hitting back: In a leaked email also obtained by The Herald Sun, a senior reporter called out Georgia for her ‘unreasonable’ email, encouraging the team to ‘carry on’ with their ‘great work’
The email read: ‘Hi friends. Just a note to say this note is not helpful or reasonable. Please carry on your great work and forget about it. You’re all doing a great job under difficult circumstances. Keep it going – we love you. Xxx’
She deleted the video an hour later and apologised for causing ‘offence’, but at the time denied the post had any racist ‘insinuation’.
Georgia had also posted a similar ‘joke’ about pets and Chinese restaurants in 2013.
Following a workplace investigation, Seven alerted staff via email that Georgia had been ‘counselled’ and reassigned to an off-camera role ‘effective immediately’.
Change: Last month, Georgia was pulled from her on-air duties at Seven and relegated to the production desk just days after posting a ‘racist’ video on Instagram
Backlash: The journalist had sparked backlash for sharing footage of a cat behind the window of an Asian restaurant and writing: ‘Shop attendant or lunch?!’
A Seven spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia: ‘We have addressed this matter internally and disciplinary action has been taken.
‘Seven does not condone this inappropriate conduct and all of our staff have the right to work in a safe, nurturing workplace free from prejudice.’
Georgia was understood to be ‘devastated’ and ‘deeply sorry for her actions’, and personally apologised to her colleagues.
‘I want to apologise for an inappropriate post on my personal social media account this week and for an old post which has resurfaced,’ she said in a staff email at the time.
Addressing the post: ‘I meant absolutely no insinuation about the type of animal nor the type of restaurant, but I see that my post did not come across like that and was offensive,’ she wrote online
‘I’m deeply sorry for the hurt that I’ve caused and, in particular, for offence to the Asian community. It certainly wasn’t my intention.
‘My posts were inappropriate and offensive. There is no excuse for perpetuating racist stereotypes in any forum.
‘I am committed to moving forward, learning and growing in my new role and I hope that in time I can earn your trust back.’
Star: Georgia’s profile skyrocketed in 2016 when she was cast on Channel Ten’s The Bachelorette. Pictured on the show with now-husband Lee Elliott