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Poor America
Blame our financial woes on poor spellers, like the intellectual charity case in the White House.
By Garrison Keillor [2008-03-26]

  • Spelling and grammar

    What indeed has happened to the correct use of the nominative and accusative cases among people who should know better?

    This morning on NPR I heard one of the anchors query a correspondent in Iraq about the upsurge of violence in Basra by asking "Who's fighting who?" It wouldn't surprise me to hear one of Mr. Murdoch's minions so misspeak, but NPR?

    Likewise, Salon.com occasionally suffers from such mistakes: I posted a letter about one on Jan. 3 of this year.

    -- Gee whiz!
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    Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:13 PM
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