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, April 12, 2010

Once more unto the breach

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I regret having to point out to you this sentence from an article in The New York Times about the recent Republican gathering in Louisia...
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Sunday, April 11, 2010

Sweetheart, get me Ettlin

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I wrote briefly yesterday ( “Editors? We don’t need no stinking editors” ) about an inept little news article from the Charlotte Observer t...
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Saturday, April 10, 2010

Editors? We don't need no stinking editors

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Now that everything is all immediate and direct between writer and reader, since all those superfluous editors and copy editors were dism...
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From over the pond

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The estimable Jan Freeman, writing in The Boston Globe about British-American linguistic cross-pollination , endorses my previous sugges...
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Friday, April 9, 2010

Friday farrago

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Before I head off to Memorial Episcopal to help erect the set for Annie – you are planning to see the show , aren’t you? – I am assembl...
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Why Sarah Palin talks like that

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If you have marveled, as many have, about Sarah Palin’s distinctive speech patterns, John McWhorter has an explanation: She speaks like a ...
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Remember the Confederacy

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The Hon. Bob McDonnell, governor of Virginia, reminds us in an official proclamation that we are in the middle of Confederate History Month....
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Monday, April 5, 2010

Just thinkin' about tomorrow

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Last night, after the conclusion of the final Easter Day service at Memorial Episcopal Church, seventy people swarmed over the premises. ...
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Friday, April 2, 2010

Three things the Vatican could learn from Richard Nixon

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1. Yes, some people dislike you and take glee in your misfortune. Do not give them ammunition; they will use it. 2. Not everyone, however,...
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Gee, I used to think I was a journalist

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A good, strong burst of cleansing anger gets the day off to a running start. Steve Yelvington quotes on Twitter a remarkably stupid remark ...
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