BBC News grammatical triumphs
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[picture slogan] Islam, with Home Secretary David Blunkett, is now a public figure
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When someone has a potentially-confusing surname, it would be be clearer to use the full name. Yusuf Islam is not only a public figure when with Home Secretary David Blunkett. Since he was a public figure even when still known as Cat Stevens, "now" is also inaccurate. A better caption would have been "Yusuf Islam, pictured here with Home Secretary David Blunkett, is now a prominent member of the British Islamic community." If that's too long, one could assume that everyone knows what David Blunkett looks like and go with "Yusuf Islam is now a prominent member of the British Islamic community."