John McIntyre, whom James Wolcott calls "the Dave Brubeck of the art and craft of copy editing," writes on language, editing, journalism, and other manifestations of human frailty. Comments welcome. Identifying his errors relieves him of the burden of omniscience. Write to jemcintyre@gmail.com, befriend at Facebook, or follow at Twitter: @johnemcintyre. Back 2009-2012 at the original site, http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/mcintyre/blog/ and now at www.baltimoresun.com/news/language-blog/.
Friday, October 30, 2009
What they ought not to have done
A headline in this morning’s editions of my former paper, The Baltimore Sun:
John E. McIntyre, a veteran editor and teacher, is back in harness. He worked for nearly 23 years at The Baltimore Sun, for 14 of those years as head of its copy desk, and, after a one-year hiatus, has returned as night content production editor. He has taught copy editing at Loyola of Maryland since 1995. He was the second president of the American Copy Editors Society, serving two terms, and he has been a consultant on writing and editing at publications in the United States and Canada.
Duh! Everyone knows it should be "Episcopalian bishop."
ReplyDeleteHear our prayer.
ReplyDeleteOh, but doesn't it look more visually appealing spelled that way? It's The (new) Sun!
ReplyDeleteA bishopish bishop.
ReplyDeleteThis is a typoglycemia, right?
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