Thursday, July 23, 2009

“A HIGH RATE OF SPEED” — by Steve Nadis

I heard an expression on NPR this morning that I’ve heard all too many times before. People speak of “a high rate of speed” (which actually refers to acceleration) when they really mean “at high speed.” This mistake is often made by people who should know better, such as the automotive engineer who spoke on NPR today.

Posted by Snake at 14:26:23
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3 Responses to ““A HIGH RATE OF SPEED” — by Steve Nadis”

  1. Turd Blossom says:
    July 23, 2009 at 6:55 pm

    Snark:

    The fact of the matter is is that if the president can say “the fact of the mater is is that” on national television, you should discard all expectations regarding mastery of English.

  2. Turd Blossom says:
    July 23, 2009 at 6:58 pm

    Snake-meister,

    I’m hoping you will correct my spelling error in the previous comment in order to reduce my embarrassment.

    -TB

  3. Snake says:
    July 23, 2009 at 8:24 pm

    I could edit your sage remarks, TB (if I knew how), but I think the error helps make your point…

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