Watch Your Language!
Breitbart headline: GOP Rank-In-File Discusses Ways To Take On Obama Over Amnesty . . . Presumably the “writer” and “editor” meant “rank and file,” which would require a plural verb.
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Watch Your Language!
“Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco admonished two recent federal court rulings . . .” That was the first sentence of a news item in a recent issue of a Catholic weekly. Admonished? Does the newly installed editor of this publication even know what that word means? I’ve noticed quite …
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Congress tried to build in a safeguard against Obama making unilateral decisions on releasing terrorist detainees by including language in the National Defense Authorization Act requiring the administration to alert Congress of [emphasis added] such moves at least 30 days in advance. — The Hill Alert to, notify of. Do …
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“. . . Obama would be following the law instead of flaunting the law,” Farrell said. — Hollywood Reporter Flouting, not flaunting! Hire an editor, please.
Watch Your Language!
The French phrase “Cherchez la femme,” which translates roughly as “behind every man’s problems is a woman,” may be outdated and politically incorrect, but it still applies to France’s Socialist President Francois Hollande. — Washington Times Why is “cherchez la femme” constantly mistranslated? It has nothing to do with blaming …
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Udderly Wrong The news of Barney Frank’s retirement on Monday made the political guard at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) shutter. — David Bossie, The Cagle Post Bad usage makes me shudder.
Watch Your Language!
Poor Choice of Word More damaging emails will likely be uncovered during the next few days as observers pour through the 5,000 emails. — Forbes.com Pore, not pour! Watch Your Language, cont.
Watch Your Language!
Actual headline from today’s Washington Times: White House retorts Cheney’s criticism Retorts? Retorts! Do they possibly mean rebuts? Or refutes? How does someone with so little command of the English language get to be a copy editor? Here’s a tip for all the incompetent editors out there: If you’re not …
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The Lying Ways of Politicians Now, it is clear that the decline of a language must ultimately have political and economic causes: it is not due simply to the bad influence of this or that individual writer. But an effect can become a cause, reinforcing the original cause and producing …
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Editor Declares War on Illiterate Writers . . . Burris admits that he did have contact with Blagojevich’s brother, and — low and behold — during those conversations . . . Low and behold?!!! Okay, that’s it! I’ve had enough. Last week, I read a news article that reported a …