[mea] Re: Are you ok with this sentence?
- From: Karen McElrea <karenmcelrea@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:41:22 -0600
Wow, that was a good and fast list, Cheri! A rout of redactors? I like the
bracket! It's a murder of crows, so it must be a slaughter of ravens. Funny how
it always ends with the drink, though, eh?
Sorry, Carl - I just meant the use of the word "critical" - I understand it's
got to be short, and that it's mutated into an acceptable shorthand for
"critical condition," but I guess my brain hasn't adapted yet, and every time
I see that I misread it at first. I don't think you'd say "skier still fair,"
but then I'm just picking nits, and could probably use a shot, too.
To: mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mea] Re: Are you ok with this sentence?
From: cheri.frazer@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:29:30 -0600
That's a fun one!
A correction (collection, with an accent)
of editors
A brace of editors
A bracket of editors
A nitpick of editors
A murder of editors (no, that's crows--or
is it ravens? I think it's ravens)
Ha, a caret of editors!
I think I need to go home.
From:
Karen McElrea <karenmcelrea@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To:
<mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
2012-01-12 05:19 PM
Subject:
[mea] Re: Are you ok with this sentence?
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Well, yes, except the skier is in no position
to be critical (that particular usage always bugs me). As opposed to a
gaggle of editors ... what is the correct term for that, by the way?
Subject: [mea] Re: Are you ok with this
sentence?
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:08:25 -0600
From: Carl.DeGurse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
It’s a “don’t read me”
headline. Nothing new in this news story. But it’s possible
the headline writer was stuck topping a nothing-new story and responsibly
wrote a headline that is bland yet accurate.
From: mea-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mea-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Karen McElrea
Sent: January-12-12 4:58 PM
To: mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mea] Re: Are you ok with this sentence?
Thanks, Arden -- what do we think about
that headline, "Canadian skier Sarah Burke still critical..."?
I think Cheri's solution is a good one (a double)!
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:18:25 -0600
Subject: [mea] Re: Are you ok with this sentence?
From: acogg@xxxxxxx
To: mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Where's the like button, Karen?
...Arden
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Karen McElrea
<karenmcelrea@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I would object to a sentence of that construction,
which I believe are incorrect in any context.
To: mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mea] Are you ok with this sentence?
From: cheri.frazer@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:32:53 -0600
"Burke tore a
vertebral artery, which are
located in the neck and supply blood to
the brainstem — the back part of the brain which controls consciousness."
(From
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/skiing/story/2012/01/12/sp-burke-skiing-injury.html)
Would you consider that construction perfectly ok, a colloquialism / grammatical
shortcut, or would you consider it wrong no matter what?
Just curious.
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