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, December 30, 2017

No home to come home to

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This was the year that my sister sold the family farm. My great-great-grandfather, John Early, bought the property outside Elizaville, ...
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Friday, December 8, 2017

In memoriam Mr. Saunders

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It is not quite a year since we lost Saunders , the abandoned stray who spotted us as easy marks. Though we took him to a vet for his firs...
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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

A risque story

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My late mother, Marian Early McIntyre, was always fond of a mildly improper story. A conversation the other day called this one, one of her ...
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Sunday, August 27, 2017

It was so nice I read it twice

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Yesterday I registered disappointment on Facebook and Twitter over a published list of twenty-five supposedly important and essential books ...
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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Fancy a pint with The Old Editor?

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It's mid-August and nothing much is doing. It's too hot and muggy to be outside. So Sunday would be an excellent day to repair to a ...
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Friday, July 14, 2017

We are cat people

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As you may have seen in a previous post, we lost Mr. Saunders to feline leukemia in early December and went into a period of mourning. He wa...
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Monday, May 15, 2017

Julian at home

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Late last month I was able to announce the birth of my grandson , Julian Early McIntyre. Today I have another happy announcement. Yesterda...
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Tuesday, April 25, 2017

A belated announcement

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A son, Julian Early McIntyre, born February 20, 2017, at Northwestern Hospital in Chicago to Alexandra Aaronson McIntyre and John Paul Luci...
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Sunday, April 2, 2017

On my mother's 100th birthday

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My mother, Marian Early McIntyre, was born one hundred years ago today. She came into the world as the United States was about to enter the...
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Monday, January 16, 2017

Overheard at the bar

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I was having a quiet ale the other day when three young women at the bar were conducting an animated, and quite vocal, conversation.  Thei...
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