Tuesday, January 25, 2011

More about the adjectives

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.

1 comment:

  1. 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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