I'm not going to say much about the Rush Limbaugh thing. I don't like him, it was a stupid thing to say, and I think he was quite wrong anyway. I'll be perfectly happy without him on ESPN.
But one thing bugged the heck out of me: The media has been very desirous...
I think it's the use of the present perfect continuous tense instead of the plain ol' present tense (the media desires...) that's making the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
That put me in a bad grammar mood, then on the way to work I heard a county councilman interviewed on the radio. He was still complaining about the power outages after the Isabel, and he wants the power company to "underground" the wires. He used it several times: If we undergrounded wires the trees couldn't knock them out. Undergrounding is worth the expense.
I was pounding the steering wheel yelling "Bury! Bury! The word you are looking for is bury!"
(I suppose people in hastily-typed blog houses shouldn't throw grammatical stones...I hope at least this whiny entry is error-free.)
Posted by Nic at October 2, 2003 05:37 PM | TrackBack"Underground" the wires. Jees - now there's a new one. :(
Posted by: Mala at October 3, 2003 04:52 PM