In addition to this New York Times column on the use of “they”, “them” and “their” as singular pronouns, come these examples from Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue by John McWhorter (Gotham Books, New York, 2008) 1400′s, Amadace — “iche mon in thayre degree” Shakespeare, Comedy of Errors–”There’s not a man I meet but doth salute [...]
On March 26, the Times printed an article on economics in Europe: Aided by Safety Nets, Europe Resists Stimulus Push …The program — known as “Kurzarbeit,” which translates as “short time” — and others like it lie at the heart of a heated debate… I just had to send this correction, as a comment: I [...]
Today’s headline in the New York Times: “PALIN RESIGNING GOVERNOR’S JOB; FUTURE UNCLEAR”. Whereas at the New York Times, the future is usually bright, clear and easily explicated on Page One. This almost ranks right up there with the Times’s 1865 headline: “Lincold Reported Shot; Significant If True”.
Dear President Obama, I guess you must have missed my blog about the war in Afghanistan: how when you sent 17,000 new troops, you should have 5,000 of them skilled in speaking the Pashto language. How much more warmly they would be welcomed! What a message that would have sent to the entire Islamic community! [...]