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Uncharitable remark

I received an e-mail announcement today from the local chapter of the United Way about a holiday benefit concert. The subject line of the e-mail was — you guessed it — “ ‘Tis the season.” By now you know my sentiments.

Perhaps I should rethink that pledge.

Posted by John McIntyre at 6:24 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

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Ummm, apropos of not much a'tall, Dick Cavett on the losing Veep candidate and matters grammatical. It's so nice to read someone like Dick.

http://cavett.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/14/the-wild-wordsmith-of-wasilla/?emc=eta1

Posted by: c o'donnell | November 15, 2008 8:29 AM

Down with creamed corn!

Posted by: jl | November 15, 2008 2:18 PM

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John McIntyre, mild-mannered editor for a great metropolitan newspaper, has fussed over writers’ work, to sporadic expressions of gratitude, for thirty years. He is The Sun’s night content production manager and former head of its copy desk. He also teaches editing at Loyola University Maryland. A former president of the American Copy Editors Society, a native of Kentucky, a graduate of Michigan State and Syracuse, and a moderate prescriptivist, he writes about language, journalism, and arbitrarily chosen topics. If you are inspired by a spirit of contradiction, comment on the posts or write to him at john.mcintyre@baltsun.com.

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