I just heard on tonight's NBC News that the unemployment rate was "lingering" above 9 per cent. Really? I think of "lingering" as something I would do by a cool stream or babbling brook, not to describe the unemployment rate. I think that the most uncolored adjective would be "continuing" above 9 per cent, and of course if a Republican were in the White House it would be "persisting" above 9 per cent.
The adjectives they use tell us so much about speaker or writer's political bent.
You are SO RIGHT! It WOULD be "persisting". Thank you for bringing attention to those pesky adjectives. Let's do away with them all together for a moment... Right now, I'd say unemployment is parked at 9% ;)
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