too much "there"?
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:02 pm
too much thereWHEN THERE'S TOO MUCH THERE THERE
In the writing game, everybody has to have an irk. Am I being fastidious or merely fussy in my irk against "there"? A few weeks ago The New York Times' editorial writers backed repeatedly into their morning lectures.
"There is a lot of talk that Sen. Hillary Clinton is now fated ... There is a lot that Senators Clinton and Obama need to be talking about ..." "There is little doubt that Morgan Tsvangirai was elected president of Zimbabwe. There is no doubt that President Robert Mugabe's henchmen have used ..."
what say you?
mark there-too-much Bailey
