The holiday season brings out the familiar and the banal.
Every time a cliche rings, a copy editor gets her wings
Submitted by Pam_Nelson on 12/14/2009 - 10:46
Word watch: town hall meeting
Submitted by Pam_Nelson on 08/17/2009 - 07:33A reader has an interesting point to make about a phrase that is all over the news these days:
"It is sad that Kilpatrick has given up writing his columns on usage. If he were still writing, I am certain that he would by now have issued one of his 'injunctions' against the currently sickeningly popular cliche 'town hall meeting.' If it ain't held in a bonafide town hall, call it a community meeting or a high school gym meeting or whatever it is."
Old catchphrases
Submitted by Pam_Nelson on 06/24/2008 - 07:46Some catchphrases died with the 20th century.
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