It's your language. You use it every day. You should strive to master it. My late mother, a 27-year, graduate-level professor of English, embedded that in my brain once upon a time. I’m not nearly as smart as she was, but I’m sharp enough to recognize that the vast majority of native-born Americans can’t speak or write English worth a lick.
Saturday, October 08, 2005
08 OCTOBER
Today I was watching a Fox News piece on the modern-day Minutemen.
The marquis scroller along the bottom of the screen displayed, in part:
2 comments:
Those minuteman guys are trying to keep undocumented workers on the doucemented side to keep them legal. That's my spin and I'm sticking to it.
R.
Reflexive spasm of political correctness is an interesting theory.
I will keep an ear out for “begs the question” and post next time I hear it. I’ve heard “begs to ask” before two, which really kills me.
Thanks for the post :-)
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