Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Language-cop Citations

Burial insurance offers coverage for "your final expenses." My final expenses will likely be for my last meal--once I'm gone, the cost of planting me will be someone else's expense!

"Montauk is a place where the hoi polloi often come--the movie stars, the writers." Actually, "hoi polloi" refers not to the uppercrust but to the Ralph Kramdens and Archie Bunkers--and they may more likely be found in Asbury Park!

The author described a seaman who "survived drowning." Drowning means death by submersion--the seaman survived near-drowning!

Isn't Attention Deficit Disorder really an Attention Disorder?

"With proper motivation at home, kids can exceed their greatest potential." Sorry, kids--"potential" is something you should strive to achieve but can never exceed!

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