Bryan Garner: ”When roller skates were invented in the 19th century, it became necessary to refer to the kind used on ice — originally just ‘skates’ — as ‘ice skates.’”
I remember some years ago hearing of a college administrator who characterized English studies as “recreative reading.” It seems appropriate that he chose the needless variant.
“The charge that Herman Cain sexually harassed two women when he headed the National Restaurant Association may indeed be false. But the candidate’s responses merit close reading.”
