I edit everything

Reading 'The Economist' today, I had lots of problems with the editorial.  Does not even that venerable magazine know how to write?  Apparently not.  Here are a few examples:

Economist

"His government packed a constitutional committee with Islamists, rushing through electoral and other laws without due consent."

Me

"Rushing through electoral and other laws without due consent, his government packed a constitutional committee with Islamists."

"Packed" and "rushed" have to agree, but in their version did not.  Were the Islamists rushing through electoral and other laws?  That's the way it reads. 

Economist

"Victimhood"

Me

"Victimization"

Economist

"...and if they had refused to hold a vote, then the people would have risen up."

Me

"....and if refused the vote, people would have risen up."

Economist

"The Brothers' incompetence and abuse of power is now disappearing............"

Me

"The Brothers' incompetence and abuse of power is disappearing............"

Economist

".......also depriving millions of other Egyptians of the freedoms that they crave -- and which they have tasted, however briefly, since the overthrow of Mr. Mubarak."

Me

".........also depriving millions of the freedoms they craved and had briefly tasted following the overthrow of Mr. Mubarak."

Economist

"If the generals want a stable Egypt, in which they command the loyalty of ordinary Egyptians, they should therefore draw back from the brink."

Me

"If the generals want a stable Egypt with loyalty from ordinary Egyptians, they should stand down."

Economist

"The committee they have entrusted with amending the constitution..............."

Me

"The committee entrusted with amending the constitution.............."

Economist

"No one could have ever thought..........."

Me

"No one would have thought..........."

Economist

"..the question of how to accommodate Islam has everywhere proved vexed."

Me

".........the dilemma of accommodating Islam has proven vexatious."

Economist

"policymaking"

Me

"policy-making"

Economist

"The question is whether suppression really is now the way to deal with the Muslim Brothers, or whether it simply adds to the mayhem."

Me

"The question is whether suppression is the way to deal with the Muslim Brothers, or whether it adds to the mayhem?"

I could go on, but won`t.  This is in a one-page editorial and I have only scratched the surface. 

Pretty appalling.