Comments on: Presidential pronouns http://www.sinandsyntax.com/blog/presidential-pronouns/ An online salon for those who love wicked good prose. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:15:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Is Sarah Palin a She Or a They? | Sin and Syntax http://www.sinandsyntax.com/blog/presidential-pronouns/comment-page-1/#comment-237 Is Sarah Palin a She Or a They? | Sin and Syntax Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:15:17 +0000 http://www.sinandsyntaxsalon.com/?p=258#comment-237 [...] Bob Woodward read this blog? I just wrote about Barak Obama’s rogue pronouns a few weeks [...] [...] Bob Woodward read this blog? I just wrote about Barak Obama’s rogue pronouns a few weeks [...]

]]> By: Constance Hale http://www.sinandsyntax.com/blog/presidential-pronouns/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Constance Hale Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:27:04 +0000 http://www.sinandsyntaxsalon.com/?p=258#comment-229 Uh oh! Here’s Obama making the same mistake again, in The New Yorker (9/21/09, page 49). In an article titled “Bench Press,” about the president’s legal approach, Jeffrey Toobin quotes the former law professor: “One of the roles of the courts is to protect people who don’t have a voice…. The vulnerable, the minority, the outcast, the person with the unpopular idea, the journalist who is shaking things up. That’s inherently the role of the court. And if somebody doesn’t appreciate that role, then I don’t think they are going to make a very good justice.” Uh oh! Here’s Obama making the same mistake again, in The New Yorker (9/21/09, page 49). In an article titled “Bench Press,” about the president’s legal approach, Jeffrey Toobin quotes the former law professor:

“One of the roles of the courts is to protect people who don’t have a voice…. The vulnerable, the minority, the outcast, the person with the unpopular idea, the journalist who is shaking things up. That’s inherently the role of the court. And if somebody doesn’t appreciate that role, then I don’t think they are going to make a very good justice.”

]]> By: Constance Hale http://www.sinandsyntax.com/blog/presidential-pronouns/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Constance Hale Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:04:05 +0000 http://www.sinandsyntaxsalon.com/?p=258#comment-210 Great example, Sarah. Gives me a chance to be even MORE pedagogical. In Obama's case, the pronoun (their) doesn't agree with its antecedent (somebody). In Conan's case, the verb (is) doesn't agree with its subject (results). Conan shoulda used "are." Great example, Sarah. Gives me a chance to be even MORE pedagogical.

In Obama’s case, the pronoun (their) doesn’t agree with its antecedent (somebody). In Conan’s case, the verb (is) doesn’t agree with its subject (results). Conan shoulda used “are.”

]]> By: Sarah Baker http://www.sinandsyntax.com/blog/presidential-pronouns/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Sarah Baker Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:43:09 +0000 http://www.sinandsyntaxsalon.com/?p=258#comment-208 Speaking of grammatical mishaps...I just heard Neal Conan on "Talk of the Nation" say, "...the results of the race is..." Speaking of grammatical mishaps…I just heard Neal Conan on “Talk of the Nation” say, “…the results of the race is…”

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