Some Words » Publishing http://www.ianmacleod.net Occasional text by Ian Macleod, often lacking context. Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:54:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 I saw what you did there! http://www.ianmacleod.net/2008/09/01/i-saw-what-you-did-there/ http://www.ianmacleod.net/2008/09/01/i-saw-what-you-did-there/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:28:13 +0000 Bottle Imp http://www.ianmacleod.net/?p=492 Political content of the article aside, when I see something like this in a NY Times Article, it raises some questions:

“The fact is, John McCain had a thorough search and made the decision to add Sarah Palin to the ticket because he believes” that she “will change America,” Mr. Schmidt said.

What was it that they had to replace with ‘that she’ in the middle of the quote? Was it just a bit of bad phrasing? If so why did they bail Mr. Schmidt out? I mean, it’s not likely to be something to make political hay out of. I just wonder. Did he say ‘Sarah Palin, divine goddess, my hope and inspiration’ and they just didn’t think it scanned? I want to know these things when they correct their source’s phrasing.

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