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.

Sunday, September 3, 2023

On-the-job learning

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 I have allowed a significant date to pass unremarked. On August 17, fifty years ago, I worked my last day at the Flemingsburg Gazette befor...
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Sunday, August 27, 2023

We used to read the stuff before publication

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When I retired two years ago from The Baltimore Sun  after more than three decades of service as an editor, I swore a mighty oath that I wou...
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Thursday, July 13, 2023

Shootings first, questions after

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 The recent violence at the Brooklyn Homes housing project in Baltimore, in which two people were fatally shot and 28 wounded, is being comm...
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Monday, July 10, 2023

Yeah, you're not alone

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You are writing a story about someone, let's call them X, who has a problem. X has a medical condition and cannot find or afford treatme...
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Sunday, June 18, 2023

There's a hole in the world

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 In the fall of 1973 I arrived at Syracuse University as a graduate student in the English department and almost immediately found my way to...
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Saturday, June 17, 2023

The stone the writer accepted

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When writing about Baltimore, please keep in mind that those quaint streets in places like Fells Point are not cobblestoned.  Repeat: Do not...
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Monday, May 29, 2023

I will never be a true Baltimorean

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When I accepted the offer of a job on The Baltimore Sun 's copy desk in 1986, my wife and I moved to an apartment in Towson, two years l...
Sunday, May 21, 2023

Things The Baltimore Sun says are iconic

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Charles Grayson Gilbert, subject of iconic newspaper photo ... Iconic ‘Caddyshack’ yacht is for sale. Berger cookies run low on shelves arou...
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Monday, May 15, 2023

Fixing the blame

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 Thirty years ago, under John S. Carroll, The Baltimore Sun  refined its policy on corrections. Because production of the paper was a collec...
Monday, May 8, 2023

Weep no more

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Someone has suggested on Twitter that it is time for the Kentucky Derby to dump "My Old Kentucky Home," and as an expatriate Kentu...
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