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.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

He has to pay WHAT?

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W. Charles Bailey Jr., a Baltimore attorney who says that this blog is one of his favorite diversions, has found what he thinks is an err...
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Recognize the inner bully

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Never mind that Romantic era and Victorian gush about the innocence of children. I have been convinced for years that on any given day an...
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Try to keep up

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I’ve been meaning to write up some appreciations of Jack Lynch’s The Lexicographer’s Dilemma and some books on language sent over by Oxf...
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Sunday, March 28, 2010

Preoccupied

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You must have thought we were down to seeds and stems this past week, but there were reasons for the less frequent posting. Item: I had a r...
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Gray is good

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You can tell from the photograph above that I am a grizzled gentleman. Grizzled , meaning gray or graying or streaked with gray hair, com...
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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Writing is overrated

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I’ve worked with people who believed in writing memos – I used to believe in the practice myself. Spoken English is too sloppy, too casual, ...
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Monday, March 22, 2010

Oh, that

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­­­Since being given a thorough thumping by Professor Geoffrey Pullum in 2008, I have not returned to the which thicket, but a former Sun ...
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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Tea Party, please note

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The New York Times has an article on the accelerating collapse of ACORN , the grassroots community-organizing group, which appears to be ...
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Thursday, March 18, 2010

No Irish need apply

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Sure and it was a grand day when conservatives finally claimed political correctitude for themselves. William F. Gavin, writing for Nati...
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Religion and politics

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Yesterday afternoon I sent out this tweet: The Rev. Canon* Mary Douglas Glasspool has received the necessary consents for her consecrati...
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