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, April 15, 2020

You weren't just misled, you were had

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There are two stages in becoming a writer. First comes the learning. Then comes the unlearning. I spent years coming up through the ran...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020

In the shadow of mortality

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Over the years, I have worked nights, weekends, and holidays at the newspaper, and Kathleen has worked days and weekends at the church. In r...
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Monday, March 16, 2020

First day under the new dispensation

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After lingering over coffee and scrutiny of the Web, off to the grocery and the liquor store, where there were still crowds. We now have eno...
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Monday, November 25, 2019

Please step out of the vehicle

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As I drove to church yesterday morning, crossing Perring Parkway from Woodbourne on a green light, a northbound driver on Perring Parkway sw...
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Sunday, October 27, 2019

Erick Erickson doesn't get to decide

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Since it's Sunday, I hope you don't mind a little theological discussion. If you do mind, just return to your secular pursuits A w...
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Monday, September 16, 2019

The face in the mirror

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In the morning when I look in the mirror, I see someone in his late sixties with gray hair, a paunch, and a face that disturbingly resembles...
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Wednesday, July 17, 2019

We're not going back to a place that didn't actually exist

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Some of the people I grew up among in Kentucky periodically post memes on Facebook about bringing prayer back into the public schools. I hav...
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Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Obama and the racial divide

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--> Accustomed as one is to encountering utterly daft remarks online, it’s still possible to stumble upon one so blindingly stu...
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Friday, April 19, 2019

Fifty years ago ...

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As Elwood P. Dowd in the Senior Class production of Mary Chase's  Harvey at Fleming County High School, May 8-9, 1969, with Toby Fri...
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Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Breaking into newspapering

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In the spring of 1968, when I was a junior in high school. Lowell Denton, publisher of the weekly Flemingsburg Gazette in Fleming County, Ke...
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