Obama's "is is" redux
Language Log 2013-04-30
Summary:
Betty Ann Bardell tweets:
.@bgzimmer For those who missed the score from today’s W.H. Press Conf.: “is, is” 5 - “as best as they can” 1. swampland.time.com/2013/04/30/bar…
— Betty Ann Bardell (@BettyAnnBardell) April 30, 2013
Last October, in my LL post "Obama's 'is is'," I considered Bryan Garner's assertion that President Obama is "addicted to 'is is.'" After [...]