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  1. Eastern Shore refers to the east side of the Chesapeake Bay, not the Atlantic shore on the eastern edge of the United States.
  2. Reuters stylebook is online (tip to Doug Fisher at Common Sense Journalism). http://bit.ly/IlSWW
  3. New edition of Garner's Modern American Usage is out. A must! https://www.us.oup.com/us/c...
  4. My other favorite from the Phoenix Gazette calendar listings was a banquet whose menu included "fruit compost." At least before I edited it.
  5. Great moments in calendar listings: Phoenix Gazette, mid-1980s: Colostomy patients' brown-bag lunch.
  6. The ombudsman didn't use any of my good quotes. Maybe that's just as well. http://bit.ly/13c8Ab
  7. I'm a Roger fan, but @andyroddick rocked the semis.
  8. What do we want? Hyperbole! When do we want it? Yesterday!
  9. A new one from Brad Malaprop Gilbert: "Trial by error."
  10. @andyroddick Impressive match, though I was disappointed not to hear from Bud Collins (who calls the other guy "Beer Dick").
  11. @andyroddick Someday somebody will clue ESPN in about the widespread use of the DVR.
  12. Headlines for dummies (or at least the uninitiated). Couldn't have said it better myself. http://bit.ly/UMGLO
  13. Carla Suarez Navarro is not "Navarro," just as Arantxa Sanchez Vicario is not "Vicario."
  14. If you routinely use forms of the verb "to gesture" in photo captions, cut it out already.
  15. @jonstennistweet @peterbodo Loves the superfluous backward infill sentence, DOES Patrick McEnroe.
  16. I've complained about references to serving from the service line, but at least that exists. Today Enberg spoke of the "receiving line."
  17. @jeffvanvonderen http://www.cafepress.com/lo...
  18. Do even the commentators have to sign binding agreements to go along with this "Chinese Taipei" nonsense for athletes from Taiwan?
  19. Cadillacs are Caddys. "Caddies" would be acceptable. "Cadi's," which I just saw in an ad for a casino, is definitely not.
  20. We understand "right side" and "left side." No need to insert "-hand" every time. I'm talking to you, golf broadcasters.