« It's historic! | Main | Hypermiling and other Words of the Year » Now that the election cliches are receding ...06 Nov 2008 07:08 pm
... some new old words and phrases are lurching into view. Baltimore Sun copy chief John McIntyre is doing his best to keep us safe from them.
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I understand that cliches are tedious and should be avoided in professional writing, but I wonder why McIntyre uses such a supercilious tone.
He's also engaging in mind-reading in the last paragraph, which, in my opinion, is far more undesirable than the use of cliches.
Posted by David K | November 10, 2008 10:41 PM