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After applying an unforgiving red pen to the convention speeches of Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Michelle Obama in Denver and John McCain, Sarah Palin and Cindy McCain in St. Paul, we’re pleased to provide our grammatical assessment.
Remember, Grammar Guard is non-partisan; we scrutinize the Republicans and Democrats with equal fervor, providing another measure by [...]
Weekly highlights
In his RNC acceptance speech, John McCain said he likes to “bend a few rules,” and that proved true, grammatically speaking.
“A lot of prisoners had it worse than I did,” he said. “I’d been mistreated before, but not as badly as others.”
When we make comparisons, we choose between as…as and so…as. The correct choice depends [...]
Spotlight on Cindy
Cindy McCain’s convention speech was loaded with sloppy language. Her very first sentence came out poorly. “Before I begin,” she said, ” I would like to introduce you for the seven reasons that John and I are so happy as a family.”
Eek! We introduce an audience to people, not for them.
Cindy made a couple [...]
McCain’s mistakes
In his RNC acceptance speech, John McCain said he likes to “bend a few rules,” and that proved true, grammatically speaking.
“A lot of prisoners had it worse than I did,” he said. “I’d been mistreated before, but not as badly as others.”
When we make comparisons, we choose between as…as and so…as. The correct choice depends [...]
Palin’s problems
After enduring a vigorous polish, Gov. Sarah Palin’s RNC acceptance speech still had a few rough spots.
Consider this statement: “We tend to prefer candidates who don’t talk about us one way in Scranton and another way in San Francisco.” It’s a clumsier way to word what could’ve been simple: “We tend to dislike candidates who [...]
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