We all like to use big words and look cool, but we need to be sure we know what they mean or we can make some serious funny.
Take this doozy from Dan Drezner in the WAPO:
"Most political scientists are prodigious researchers"
Clearly Dan has no idea what at least one of the following three words mean, "most" "prodigious" or "researchers".
Let's help him out by making a more coherent and less inaccurate statement:
__________ political scientists are ___________ ______________ .
Give me your preferred styling in the comments.
By the way Polifacts has already rated Dan's statement as "Pants on Fire".
12 comments:
If I understood this post I might feel insulted.
Marxian political scientists are entertaining guests.
MOST political scientists are IGNORANT BLOWHARDS.
All political scientists are political scientists.
"Tautology? 'E ain't taught nothing since got tenure."
Some political scientists are productive researchers.
Most political scientists are diseased prostitutes. Same applies to economists and most other social scientists.
Some political scientists are hungry carnivores.
No political scientists are true Scotsmen
No political scientists are actual scientists.
Some political scientists are occasional researchers.
American political scientists are typically unhinged.
Many political scientist are actually narrative devices.
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