While addressing the media this morning, words flowed out of President Bush’s mouth as gracefully as china tumbling down a staircase.
“I called my cabinet together for them to get a full understanding of the extraordinary actions we’ve taken,” he began.
To call a cabinet together “for them to get a full understanding” is a juvenile and [...]

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Just as he’s struggling to get legislators to agree with the authors of the $700 billion bailout package, President Bush had a difficult time getting his subjects and objects to agree in last night’s national address.
He began by saying, “Over the past few weeks, many Americans have felt anxiety about their finances and their future. [...]

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When Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson sat down with Tom Brokaw this morning on Meet the Press, he proved that his many financial woes are matched by linguistic ones.
“Borrowers have done things that were irresponsible also,” Paulson said. “But there’s a lot of, a lot of mistakes made.”
This is a case of contractions tripping [...]

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singular-plural disagreement, word choice, redundancy
When Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson sat down with Tom Brokaw this morning on Meet the Press, he proved that his many financial woes are matched by linguistic ones.
“Borrowers have done things that were irresponsible also,” Paulson said. “But there’s a lot of, a lot of mistakes made.”
This is a [...]

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Great. It wasn’t a one-time deal uttered by Steve Jobs. It’s the introductory slogan: “The funnest iPod ever.”
Oh brother.

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