'Gubernatorial is an ugly word that can almost always be avoided'https://twitter.com/grahamwjenkins/status/695337513846599680 …
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erin mccann | Retweeted Graham 'Mask Up But In The Other Sense' Jenkins
'Gubernatorial is an ugly word that can almost always be avoided'https://twitter.com/grahamwjenkins/status/695337513846599680 …
erin mccann | added,
I love that this @TheEconomist guide to avoiding Americanisms has style rulings that introduce factual errorspic.twitter.com/Ce8r7GtnYl
'It doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, as long as it sounds good to the British ear' is, uh, not a good strategy for your style guide.
Or maybe it is. Plant a flag and defend it against all comers.
This one used to bug the HELL out of me at the Guardianpic.twitter.com/LWDRNAuYjc
I used to go into stories and quietly remove that N.
Oh this one is CLEARLY a British writer trolling American co-workerspic.twitter.com/MHqJQIR8nj
'As for American children, well, they're whatever'pic.twitter.com/Zvbwyx0aZQ
This is the most Economist sentence that was ever Economistedpic.twitter.com/2DG7DtFeSn
Finally, toward the end, the writer can no longer pretend to hide his disgust with American Englishpic.twitter.com/Yw0Soddti5
This concludes our afternoon session of 'Erin lives tweets the Economist style guide.' I am available for parties.
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