Reuters', the Best?

I suppose you need to compare it to something.

For instance, AP, AFP, CNN, BBC, Guardian Unlimited, etc.

When you say "best", that could mean different things to different people. Do you mean the most well written, the most timely, the most disinterested, the most interesting, the most relevant? Best is a very subjective word, and you need to clarify what you mean, or you will not receive answers that are useful for your purposes!

Please see the text beneath the title of the thread, in which I've said "that the English writings from Reuters are the best in its kind in the world?". That is, does Reuters have the most well written in its kind in the world?

I don't read Reuters, so I can't say. I can tell you that you should write, "of its kind" rather than "in..."

Phoenix makes a good point, OristarA. Something can be grammatically correct without being "the best writing." Something can be grammatically incorrect and be great writing. (James Joyce comes to mind.)

There is grammar, and then there are more general considerations like imagery, pacing, clarity, etc.

If your question has to do with the fact that when you post excerpts from Reuters, we usually say that the excerpt is grammatically correct, there is more to it than that. I would say the New York Times contains some of the best news writing in English, though I find a few typos and grammatical errors in it every day.

Thanks for replying.

Now it seems there is no such a fact there for Reuters.

Reuters is a news agency only, as far as I know.

Therefore it's not appropriate to compare it to the BBC or Guardian Online. These are much more than just news outlet websites.

And, as a general rule, if you want to learn English well, stay away from American websites: they haven't managed it yet!

Hi all. The New York Times, Guardian Unlimited, Reuters, BBC, CNN, AP, USAToday etc. are all my English writing teacher, I should learn to treat them with a fair-and-square manner.