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 26, 2010

What you meant to say

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Renee Petrina, who professes journalism at Ball State, is “developing a workshop on euphemisms for communications students (not just journal...
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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Pulp Diction 3: The wider web

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(Previously: 15 items or trouble ; The last copy editor ) “What happened to this place?” I whirled around. “Fogarty! I told you to stay o...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

The liar, the cheat, and the thief

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I have been asked to make available a previous post on detecting plagiarism and fabrication that is no longer available at Baltimoresun.com:...
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How I get myself in trouble

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I was simply taking a break from an editing project to check Facebook when I saw a post from one of my Facebook friends/acquaintances about ...
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Happy days will be here again

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In the second act of Annie , after hearing Little Orphan Annie sing “Tomorrow” to his Cabinet, Franklin Roosevelt says that he has decided t...
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Fulsome is as fulsome does

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Commenting on this morning’s post, “Be careful out there,” Marisa Birns wrote: I remember when fulsome was not the best word to use wit...
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Be careful out there

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People’s insecurity about the use of their own language is deep-seated and sad, and it leaves them defensive. (For God’s sake, never tell...
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Monday, February 22, 2010

The sweetest sound

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Last week the lighthearted lexicographer Grant Barrett published an essay in The New York Times on the claim, attributed to various writers...
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Saturday, February 20, 2010

No moaning over 'only'

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An inquiry from a reader about the placement of only in the most recent installment of “Pulp Diction” : Lovin' the serial. How do you ...
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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Pulp Diction 2: The last copy editor

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(Previously: 15 items or trouble ) At the old Sun building on Calvert Street the front door yielded with a rusty creak. Dust lay thick o...
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