You Don't Say

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.

You Don't Say

What an editor needs from a writer

I do say

Yeah, "the real story"

Those holiday meals

Evicting Mr. Mencken

I knew Bob Erlandson; he was a friend of mine

Give my regards, irregardless

The Old editor glares at AI

To the students

What we have lost