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.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Consumer note

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Seriously myopic—I’m talking about vision, not thinking, thank you—since childhood, I’ve been wearing thick eyeglasses for fifty years. I kn...
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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Unashamed Anglicanism

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Leafing through a folder of old documents, I came across the certificate of my confirmation and realized that I have been an Episcopalian fo...
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Friday, November 12, 2010

... and it keeps on ticking

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Just a reminder that You Don't Say continues in its second life at baltimoresun.com . Also on baltimoresun.com, you can see the resum...
Thursday, September 2, 2010

Remember, remember, second September

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I posted earlier today on the Sun  blog explaining why this date is memorable for more than the Japanese surrender in 1945:  http://weblogs...
Monday, August 2, 2010

August update

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Unfortunately, the Parkside is no more. Kathleen and I happened to eat there the night before it shut down and enjoyed a dish of J.P.'s ...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Shameless filial promotion

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It would not be appropriate for me to shill for a business on my blog at Baltimoresun.com , though you are certainly encouraged to go there ...
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Monday, June 21, 2010

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As Baltimoresun.com inaugurates a Joke of the Week feature, I throw out the first joke: http://www.baltimoresun.com/videobeta/?watchId=2e4...
Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Setting up shop at a new location

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What can I say? They wanted me back. When I agreed after the [cough] Interval [cough] to return to The Baltimore Sun , the editors were ...
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Monday, May 10, 2010

You can't call the trucks back

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In what he described as a pre-emptive gesture, Steve Gould of The Sun ’s sports desk sent out word on Facebook and Twitter earlier today: “ ...
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Saturday, May 8, 2010

Just call it a tussle

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Now that I am hip-deep in newspaper journalism again, with the level rising, I am reminded of the journalistic fondness for altercation , wh...
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