phrasing matters
Aug. 29th, 2008 05:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yesthattomPeople are talking about how well the DNC went and are speculating about if the RNC can match it.
Suddenly the 3D rendering of the RNC’s state are no longer on their web site. Hmmm.... are they changing things at this late date?
It dawned on me that there are 2 ways to talk about this:
A. GOP will have difficulty matching the quality of the DNC.
B. GOP will exceed the quality of the Dem's convention or it will make McCain look like an amateurish fool.
They are both true. However, B sets an impossible expectation and ends the sentence (the part that sticks in people’s brains) with the phrase “McCain looks like an amateurish fool”.
I’ll be saying “B”. How about you?
Suddenly the 3D rendering of the RNC’s state are no longer on their web site. Hmmm.... are they changing things at this late date?
It dawned on me that there are 2 ways to talk about this:
A. GOP will have difficulty matching the quality of the DNC.
B. GOP will exceed the quality of the Dem's convention or it will make McCain look like an amateurish fool.
They are both true. However, B sets an impossible expectation and ends the sentence (the part that sticks in people’s brains) with the phrase “McCain looks like an amateurish fool”.
I’ll be saying “B”. How about you?
