John McIntyre

John McIntyre

John E. McIntyre is the night content production manager (read: night editor) at The Baltimore Sun and the author of the blog You Don't Say, which treats language and related subjects. A working copyeditor for more than three decades, he is a lifetime member of the American Copy Editors Society, which he served as president for two terms. He teaches a course in editing at Loyola University Maryland and has conducted workshops on editing at publications in the United States and Canada.

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Try and make some sense! See how that doesn't make any sense. You try to make sense. You don't try and also make sense while you're at it, or make
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That makes sense. Thanks, Erin.
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