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Good lord. When you see a headline that reads, e.g., "White House Announces New Policy," do you think "Harrumph. The White House can't 'announce' anything. It's
by f30e3dfed1c9 2mo ago
Good lord. When you see a headline that reads, e.g., "White House Announces New Policy," do you think "Harrumph. The White House can't 'announce' anything. It's a building, not a person"?
- db48x 2mo agoYes. Newspaper writers are frequently stupid.
- f30e3dfed1c9 2mo agoAny other longstanding, well known, and widely used figures of speech that irk you?
- db48x 2mo agoSeveral. If you cannot say what you mean, you can never really mean what you say.