Re: Not just Journalists! How about Editors? -- The Lonely Canadian Writer

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Date Posted: 21:10:00 07/15/05 Fri GMT-5
Author: Roger
Author Host/IP: NoHost / 64.39.183.229
Subject: Re: Not just Journalists! How about Editors?
In reply to: Lori 's message, "Not just Journalists! How about Editors?" on 15:29:32 07/15/05 Fri GMT-5

I have a few pet grammatical peeves, which I keep in a cage near my workspace. How about, "partake" for "participate," "is comprised of" for "comprises," and "for the simple reason is...." Makes me want to run screaming from the room.

>That was a horrific sentence, Roger. Depressing, ain't
>it? Something that's been getting my goat lately is
>"the reason why". I'm reading and hearing that
>everywhere. In fact, I just read a book called 78
>Reasons Why Your Book Might Never Be Published (and 14
>Reasons Why It Just Might) by a Pat Walsh, an American
>book editor. Now, it was an interesting book, though
>IMHO the guy is a bit of an a**hole and doesn't seem
>to like writers much (surprise). BUT BUDDY...how about
>78 Reasons Your Book Might Never Be Published, etc.
>
>I think the guy needs a good editor!
>
>Thanks for listening,
>
>Lori

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