The more interviews Gov. Palin grants, the less intelligent she sounds.
CBS aired a mind-numbing interview yesterday in which the governor assured Katie Couric that, though she couldn’t name a single magazine or newspaper, she’s been reading a “vast variety of sources.”
Variety, by definition, is a diverse assortment. Unless you’re reading an unusually eclectic range of [...]

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reaction vs. response
In yesterday’s interview, Katie Couric asked John McCain about a new Washington Post poll that shows Barack Obama recapturing the lead in the presidential race. “What’s your reaction to that?” she asked.
McCain proceeded to share his “response” to the poll, and here at Grammar Guard, we applauded.
A reaction is a sudden, spontaneous response [...]

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redundancy, who vs. that, who vs. whom, subject-verb agreement

When Sen. John McCain talked with Katie Couric about Congress’ $700 billion bailout package yesterday, he seemed determined to stress the gravity of the situation.
“The financial crisis is on the verge of a very, very serious, most serious crisis since the end of World War II,” he [...]

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proper use of resonate

The caption for the CBS video is a bit unclear: “Katie Couric talks to Barack Obama’s senior advisor Valerie Jarrett about why she supports Obama’s campaign and the public’s perception of Michelle Obama.”
As it stands, this sentence implies that Ms. Jarrett talks about why she supports Obama’s campaign and why she supports [...]

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