An extension of the Common Sense Journalism monthly column by Doug Fisher, former broadcaster, newspaper reporter and wire service editor. From new media to old, much of journalism is just plain common sense.
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Unknown (often improperly attributed to Thomas Jefferson)
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair
"Common sense is not so common" - Voltaire
"Common sense is instinct; enough of it is genius" - George Bernard Shaw
One of my editing class students found this recently as part of my "Signs of the Times" series.
posted by Doug @ 12:10 PM
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Right click on the chicklet and copy the address to your newsreader. (Or click directly on the chicklet for some quick links to some of the most common newsreaders.)
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4 Comments:
Hey, Doug, nice sign. come on over Words at Work. I posed some others this week.
Pam
Uh. POSTED.
These unnecessary apostrophes are one of my biggest pet peeves. I can't understand why so many people seem to think they need an apostrophe just to make something plural.
Where do they get that idea??
Pam:
Good stuff. Thanks. Been meaning to put your blog on my right rail and will do so in the next few days when I get back from Indiana, where I am restricted to dial-up.
Patrick:
I don't know where this solecism comes from, especially because people then turn around and don't use the apostrophe when it should be. If I could figure out why people do what they do, I'd be writing this from Aruba.
Doug
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