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Hi Bartman & All,
Agree with the others it is simply poor grammar. We're all guilty of it sometimes.
Here is another example that has been particularly prevalent (and I've found particularly funny) in the media lately regarding the use of the word "evacuated" -- with respect to the natural disasters in Queensland. The ABC have been the worst offenders of all. The report or newsreader usually runs along this line:
"More than 150 people were evacuated in Ipswich today as floodwaters -- etc etc"
Well, unless someone is up there in Ipswich with a huge vacuum pump attaching it to a convenient body orafice and is sucking the contents out of these 150 people, it is in error.
It is correct to say that 150 people were evacuated from Ipswich, or to another place or, from an area etc. People aren't "evacuated" except in the sense that they are evacuated to or from -- it is the area (or volume) that is evacuated, not people! Made me titter ever time I heard it. I laughed quite a lot during that period -- must have heard it a dozen times!
Best,
Les D
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