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To: DCBryan1

“Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?…that’s the question an Orange County woman is asking after her Chihuahua was stolen in what she calls a politically motivated attack.”


Are journalists really so ignorant that they don’t know that “wherefore” is not a synonym for “where”? And it’s not as if the author was quoting an obscure Shakespearean line that hasn’t been expounded upon by high school English teachers for generations.


6 posted on 04/26/2011 7:25:24 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

I’ve found that hardly anyone knows what “wherefore” means these days, and many journalists are not all that bright judging by a typical article about guns, for example. So I’m not too surprised that a journalist fouled this one up.


8 posted on 04/26/2011 7:54:48 AM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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