spook of the ozarks

unapologetic liberal

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Pet peeve

One of them anyway:

Elizabeth Vargas: Let's start with Katrina, because today is the six-month anniversary of the hurricane hitting ...


No, it's not. Anniversaries, by definition, occur annually.

2 Comments:

  • At 9:12 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Whatever happened to Vargas' co-anchor that got shot up in Iraq. He sure dropped off the radar screen.

     
  • At 1:28 AM, Blogger Don Elkins said…

    alas, the ongoing argument over "anually" recurs. We should also re-open the debate over "anniversary" -- that one really gets out of hand.

     

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