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.

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Working conditions

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As I was grading examinations yesterday morning and posting midterm grades for the editing class, I enjoyed the help of my graduate assista...
Friday, December 12, 2014

Help get a student through the door

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I don't typically come here asking you for money (except when I'm flogging my damn book ), but today I urge you to consider contribu...
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Monday, December 1, 2014

A Cyber Monday suggestion

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We pause for a brief commercial message. While you are online, marshaling your forces for Christmas shopping, allow me to suggest that The...
Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Mr. Saunders is in the house

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It was only a few months ago that we had to say goodbye to Scout, the sweet tuxedo kitten whom Alice had adopted, and then bequeathed to us ...
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Sunday, November 2, 2014

Holy smoke

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Today, November 2, the Feast of All Saints was translated to the Sunday morning service at Memorial Episcopal Church, and I was there with t...
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Saturday, September 20, 2014

You don't want to go home again

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When I see people brandishing signs about wanting their country back, I'm pretty sure that their country is the one I grew up in.  Fle...
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Friday, July 18, 2014

O brave new world, that has such pixels in it

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The Internet is not as smart as it thinks it is.  I know that we all crouch under the all-seeing eye of Mordor, our surfing and shopping m...
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Saturday, July 12, 2014

Sweetest words in English: check enclosed

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A couple of days ago a check from Apprentice House arrived, the royalties for The Old Editor Says from 2013. Several of you have been kind...
Monday, March 10, 2014

Manifestations

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You still have time, though not much, to sign up for Wednesday's Copyediting  audio conference, "Judgment Calls,"  in which I ...
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Sitting in judgment

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The old schoolroom certitudes about grammar and usage that many of us were taught have come under fire: from linguists who question their va...
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