Your post is pointless,
benhurr. The issue of the BA pilot was about a subject that neither the media nor the majority of its audience had sufficient knowledge to discriminate truth from hyberbole. Conversely, the issue of the use of good English in applications is broadly understood by the majority of educated people; the article's main use here was to highlight the surprising proportion of degree-qualified applicants that fail to progress because their use of the English language is inadequate.
If you wish to ignore this article's central points, and risk rejection for the sake of some detailed proof-reading of your submissions, then go ahead. It's no skin off my nose! But don't suggest to others that this article is incorrect or misleading; that would be disengenuous in the extreme.
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