August 2012
This is a phrase we have now. Ugh.
Andrew Sullivan suggests another euphemism: “I think they should call them ‘enhanced campaigning techniques.'”
via The Dish
via Karl
From Slate.com:
GRAMMAR POLICE: Obama writes [emphasis added]: “And although their will be occasional disagreements on the details of various legislative proposals, I won’t stray from that principle – and it will be reflected in the platform.” He must be so embarrassed.
That ain’t your jurisdiction, grammar cops.
The most paradigmatic Bluth power play takes the form of commanding and unswerving passes at The Chicken. Each dancer, her own energy. Each mover, his own provocative posture. Each shaker, their own battle cry. And each Bluth, their own attempt to put the chickens in their place.
A Modern Dance Analysis of the ‘Arrested Development’ Chicken Impressions
The worst thing about zombie rules, I believe, is not the pomposity of those advocating them, or the time-wasting character of the associated gotcha games, but the way they actually make people’s writing worse. They promote insecurity, and nervous people worrying about their language write worse than relaxed people enjoying their language.
Start splitting those infinitives!
The United Nations denied that it would invade Texas in the event that Obama was elected and a second U.S. civil war broke out, following speculation by a Lubbock County judge that it would. “Not even the United Nations,” said a spokesman for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, “would ever mess with Texas.”
via Harpers.org
