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Meghan’s bad marks
The peroxide may be seeping into Meghan McCain’s brain: She’s using quotation marks with reckless abandon.
Meghan titled today’s post “Colorado.” Another recent post, which chronicles her birthday, was titled “24. Every headline she writes is enclosed in quotation marks. None is necessary.
Quotation marks indicate that you’re repeating what someone said or wrote verbatim. They [...]
Arbitrary and capricious dashes
Barack Obama needs a new editor-in-chief. The use of dashes in his campaign memos is out of control. Brazen. Reckless. Alarming.
Today’s 347-word memo to supporters, written by Campaign Manager David Plouffe, reaches a new low. It contains seven dashes, shaking out to a formidable rate of one dash per 50 words. That’s almost impossible — [...]
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