Alumnus of swanky Westminster School and Edinburgh University he may be, but Henry Winter, the Daily Telegraph’s football correspondent, made a schoolboy howler in his report of last night's FA Cup replay between Leeds United and Arsenal.
"The atmosphere was electric," wrote Winter. "Leeds fans became particularly enervated (sic) when Arshavin went to ground far too easily, prompting chants of 'are you Walcott in disguise?'. Then they began twirling white scarves above their heads, generating a marvellous sight to accompany the unebbing noise."
Very lyrical, Henry, but I think "animated" is the word you were looking for. "Enervated" means lacking in energy or vitality.
"The atmosphere was electric," wrote Winter. "Leeds fans became particularly enervated (sic) when Arshavin went to ground far too easily, prompting chants of 'are you Walcott in disguise?'. Then they began twirling white scarves above their heads, generating a marvellous sight to accompany the unebbing noise."
Very lyrical, Henry, but I think "animated" is the word you were looking for. "Enervated" means lacking in energy or vitality.
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Sports reporter innervated by high aspirations. Sports reporter enervated by failure.
A prize to that man for getting "innervated" into a sentence!
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