Mon

23

Nov

2009

The Reader's Guide to Journalists (#16)

journalism · language · rules · November-2009

Rule No. 16: We like to use modifiers like "key" and "major" and "significant" because it means we don't have to work as hard to make the importance of the subject clear from the context.

Trackback URL for this article


Trackbacks / Pingbacks 0

Write a comment

1 Comment

  • #1

    Lex (Monday, 23 November 2009 18:50)

    Context? That's SO 1987.

  • loading