A Good Year for the Outlaw

I heard Tazewell County State’s Attorney Stu Umholtz use “pled” in a soundbite on WMBD news the other morning, and to me it’s like fingernails on a chalkboard.
I’ve talked about it before, but “pleaded”  is the proper term. “Pled” has now crept into “accepted” vernacular not because it’s correct, but simply because it’s used all [...]

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Making fun of bad punctuation has always been a pastime of mine, and apparently this blog’s owner as well.

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Today on ESPN, I heard a reporter use the term “pled guilty”, and to me it’s like fingernails on a chalkboard. It did not used to bother me, but then an editor – and he was a good one - at the newspaper I wrote for in Carson City, NV, explained to me why it should [...]

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