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.

Monday, May 25, 2009

A free book

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Proceed with all deliberate speed to The Lexicographer’s Rules , the blog where Grant Barrett is making available an electronic version of h...
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Sunday, May 24, 2009

Meanwhile, back in the kitchen

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Eat Drink Man Weblog , my son’s food blog, returns with a post on grilled vegetable salad. It’s summertime. Enjoy.
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Things you know that are wrong

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Two points from Patricia T. O’Conner and Stewart Kellerman that you ought to keep in mind if you are serious about writing and editing: It i...
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Friday, May 22, 2009

That thing I say about baseball

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A very kind note arrived today from Andy Knobel, a veteran sports copy editor who wound up under my purported authority for the past two yea...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Words for the times

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Bought out : Having taken a buyout , an agreement to leave voluntarily in exchange for a substantial payment, often the equivalent of one or...
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More empty ritual

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My wife, Kathleen, was once in a class with a fellow Episcopalian, a woman whose firm pronouncement on Anglican worship was “No empty ritual...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Mr. Sullivan's challenge

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David Sullivan, following the lead of Craig Lancaster, raises the issue of what copy editors’ duties should be at our remaining newspapers. ...
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Some catching up to do

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The past week has been a little hectic, what with my son’s graduation from college, my wife’s family in town for the great event, and a one-...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Hire someone to look things up

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On The Mentalist tonight, they’re looking for someone going by the name of Taliferro. They are pronouncing it Tal-i-a-fer-r0. The name is ...
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Go, Annie, go

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I recall enjoying Michael Malone’s First Lady very much and was pleased to have the chance to read his latest novel, The Four Corners of th...
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