[78-L] Bing Article in today's WSJ^

[Taylor Bowie]

Super pet peeve,  often seen in print and heard on the radio:  Person says 
"One of the only..."  when they actually mean "One of the few..."

Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 6:30 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Bing Article in today's WSJ^


Geoffrey Wheeler wrote:
> Al Simmons says:“It's not only careless editing but illiterate as well.
> "If bing Crosby WEREN'T" is correct English ...not "wasn't"
> But it don't not bother me no more.  It's all over the place,”
>
> That is only paragraph one. How about:
>
> “Touching” instead of “touching upon” in paragraph 2. As it is, neither
> form “touches” me.
>
> Instead of his original sentence structure in paragraph 2, how about:
> “He was the first major pop vocalist to incorporate in his singing the
> swinging rhythms and improvisatory essence of the new American music
> called jazz.”
>
> What does “harder-to-hear later portions of his career” (paragraph 4)
> mean? I don’t have any problem hearing Bing. I just press my ear
> trumpet against the loud speaker.
>
> Regrettably, one can find all kinds of spelling, punctuation,
> grammatical, and word-choice mistakes in today’s media. So far, my
> favorites just this morning are “passers by” and “the Couple were.”
> Recent favorites include “uriniating,” “Personnel and Confidential,”
> “wind turbans” (those clever A-rabs and Seeks!), “physical review” for
> “fiscal review,” “glutton” for gluten, and this sign in a Ft. Wayne,
> Indiana laundry: “For sanitary reasons, there are no Burmese people
> allowed.”
> _______________________________________________
Try this!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/apr/19/penguin-cook-book

One of my pet annoyances is the superfluous use of "different" ("I
visited six different countries").

      Julian Vein



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