They're not winning; they're leading

Score bored: I always hate it when someone says that a team is losing or winning 16-0. They aren't losing 16-0; they're trailing 16-0. Or they're leading 16-0.

I can't complain too much, though; I've caught myself saying it, too.

That irritates me: I keep hearing this ... I'm the kind of guy that goes with the flow. He's the kind of outfielder that catches everything. She's the kind of girl that you don't want to take to meet dear old dad.

It's who. I'm a who. An outfielder is a who, and a girl is a who. Grrr.

Attribution rock: I just found this sentence on NYTimes.com — “It’s still a lot less than it would be if we had to pay someone to police the course,” Robinson, 67, said. The last part of the sentence works out better as ," said Robinson, 67.

CONTACT: Email me at tgilli52@gmail.com or nc3022@yahoo.com. Also, my Twitter handle is EDITORatWORK.

More EDITOR@WORK blog entries

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

• Rookie mistakes for magazine writers

Entries from The Dog Blog

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• 13-plus years with my dog Lady

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• YIP! YIP! The stereo-sound huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

Blog entries from The Auto Racing Journal

• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!