A Legend In His Own Minefield

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Full Frontal Grammar Rant — The Return!

Full Frontal Grammar Rant — The Return!

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John Mendelssohn
Feb 20, 2010
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What I liked least about Tiger Woods’ press conference was that he kept pronouncing the indefinite article — a — to rhyme with day, rather than the last syllable of algebra. This is sort of endearing when a second-grader does it, and really stilted and annoying for anyone older. And yes, I am indeed including Mr. Obama.

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