John McIntyre, whom James Wolcott called "the Dave Brubeck of the art and craft of copy editing," writes on language, editing, journalism, and random topics. Identifying his errors relieves him of the burden of omniscience. Write to jemcintyre@gmail.com, befriend at Facebook, or follow at Twitter: @johnemcintyre. His original "You Don't Say" blog at The Baltimore Sun ran from 2005 to 2021, and posts on it can sometimes be found at baltimoresun.com through Google searches.
One mis-pronunciation that i have recently been made aware of is preface, pronounced pre-face. As in "Let me pre face my next statement." How is this happening??
One mis-pronunciation that i have recently been made aware of is preface, pronounced pre-face. As in "Let me pre face my next statement." How is this happening??
ReplyDeleteThe background music threatens to drown-out the speaker.
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