Plain English was [Re: [Sussex] Grammar (was Gnupg and it's use)]

[Nik Butler]

Tonights example From BBC News website.
"A Royal Marine and two RAF and Navy helicopters helped take them to 
leisure centres and emergency shelters for the night."

So how many helicopters were there ? When I first read the article I 
thought there were four helicopters and one really tough and well 
trained royal marine commando.


It seems to me that the journalist meant

" Three helicopters provided by the Royal Marines, the Navy and the RAF.  "

Also I dont think NAVY is a acronym like RAF , the RAF is the Royal Air 
Force the Navy is just that, the Navy .