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“Media” is the plural of “medium.” This week’s headline is equivalent to “When computers and cellphones becomes an obsession.” The inside heading is the same as saying, “Computers and cellphones is creating a whole new brand of addiction.” It’s hard enough to get people to spell words correctly; the Source is not helping educate the public when it uses incorrect grammar in its headlines. – Val Gerard

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We Can Count

by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon
September 1, 2011

<h1>We Can Count</h1> <p class="byline">by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />September 1, 2011</p> <p>"Media" is the plural of "medium." This week's headline is equivalent to "When computers and cellphones becomes an obsession." The inside heading is the same as saying, "Computers and cellphones is creating a whole new brand of addiction." It's hard enough to get people to spell words correctly; the Source is not helping educate the public when it uses incorrect grammar in its headlines. <em> - Val Gerard</em></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/we-can-count-2139001/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=15080&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/we-can-count-2139001/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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