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I am looking at a style of writing in a "press release" that is written with "have been"
"had done" and it is driving me mad. For example:
"The families have recently spent time with"
Instead of "The families recently spent time with..."
Is there a right or wrong here?
I personally think it makes everything verbose and heavy, also, throughout, children are referred to as "kids"... I hate calling children kids like they are a bunch of goats to be herded...
What do you think?
Deborah
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