Sunday, September 28, 2008

Language-cop Citations

"Y'see what'm sayin'?"

It's rapport, not "repore"; various and sundry, not "various and asundry"; espouse, not "expouse"; tenet, not "tenent"; pundit, not "pundant"; salutary, not "salutory"; on tenterhooks, not "on tender hooks."

When the president requests that we "redouble our efforts," does he really want us to double our efforts, then redouble (quadruple) them?

The Criminal Law text advised that "...Capital Punishment increases the likelihood that the guilty defendent will go free." Hardly!--capital punishment increases the likelihood (to a certainty) that the guilty defendent will be DEAD-- though a potential death sentence could make a jury more reluctant to convict.

Shouldn't tampons come packaged with an inserter instead of an "applicator"?!

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