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.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Snow day 8

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Now we get the How come? What do you mean? questions. How come you say you’re still stranded at home? What do you mean, you can’t get off y...
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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Pulp Diction: 15 items or trouble

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You get ’em in the checkout at Safeway — harried mothers with kids clamoring for candy, bleary-eyed old guys pushing a cartload into the fif...
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Snow day 7

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At seven o’clock yesterday morning the snow had stopped briefly, with about three inches or so of new snow topping the old accumulation. By ...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Sometimes they just make it up

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When some university finds a donor with more cash than sense to underwrite a Jayson Blair Chair of Journalism, qualified candidates will not...
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Getting the range

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Angela Hopp has written on Twitter to inquire about false ranges, a gimmick to which journalists are unfortunately addicted. To have a pro...
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Snow day 6

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When I woke at six o’clock, the snow had stopped, having deposited three inches or so overnight, but now it has resumed, and we are apparent...
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Snow day 5

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Now it begins to get interesting. After two days of sunshine, the sky has clouded over, and Baltimore braces for the impending storm, whic...
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Monday, February 8, 2010

Snow day 4

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The situation: Many of the neighbors were out in the sunlight yesterday afternoon, beginning to dig out their cars and clear sidewalks. But...
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Sunday, February 7, 2010

Snow day 3

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Reports are trickling in of the existence of readers who profess to enjoy this Snowpocalypse journal and want more of it. Perhaps they are h...
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Saturday, February 6, 2010

Snow day 2

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Woke in the middle of the night to the sound of thunder amid the snowfall. No trace at 7.a.m. of the three shovelings from the night before....
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