Ron Landfried requests an end to range roving;
\nto wit:<\/p>\n
\nI’m tired of writers who use the shorthand “ranging from<\/strong>” or “everything from …. to……<\/strong> ” to describe a bunch of miscellaneous stuff. Unless you’re talking about numbers
\nranging from one to 10, no one knows what’s between the two extremes,
\nincluding the writers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nHere are the greatest hits from the Landfried Collection<\/p>\n
\n
- Dec. 17<\/strong>\n
New York Times: How could it be otherwise in a society that blatantly
\nuses sex to sell everything from sneakers to beer?<\/li>\n- Jan. 6\n
<\/strong>Herald-Sun: The board went over a raft of proposals that covered
\neverything from library funding to tax-collection rate accounting
\nmethods.<\/li>\n- Feb. 12<\/strong>\n
Chapel Hill Herald: Efthimios “Tommy” Mariakakis served
\nup everything from hot dogs to stuffed grape leaves in more than 50
\nyears of running restaurants here.<\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n(editor’s note: I believe these dates are 1996-97).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ron Landfried requests an end to range roving; to wit: I’m tired of writers who use the shorthand “ranging from” or “everything from …. to…… ” to describe a bunch of miscellaneous stuff. Unless you’re talking about numbers ranging from … Continue reading