tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post7182122864119153057..comments2024-03-28T03:13:09.436-05:00Comments on The Reluctant Blogger: False titles run amokHENRY KISORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12366450710995335659noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-44152741895482972042012-12-09T22:40:52.772-06:002012-12-09T22:40:52.772-06:00A former City Editor at the Honolulu Advertiser, n...A former City Editor at the Honolulu Advertiser, now gone to his reward, insisted on correct grammar from his reporters. On at least once occasion, when encountering a story with an especially egregious error of grammar, he would bellow the reporter's name across the city room. When the offender appeared, the editor would take his copy, march to the window, tear the pages in half, and in half once again, then hurl the pieces out the window. Words were unspoken and unnecessary. And damn few grammatical errors ever appeared in the Honolulu Advertiser.Jim Loomishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504771603373289333noreply@blogger.com