http://grammarsource.com/2007/04/19/media-hyperbole-worst-ever/ Bring your curiosity and your questions and let's figure out our weird language Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:26:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://grammarsource.com/2007/04/19/media-hyperbole-worst-ever/#comment-264 Renee Hobbs Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:18:31 +0000 http://grammarsucks.com/media-hyperbole-worst-ever.htm#comment-264 Nice point! Superlatives are common today because, as Doug Rushkoff and others have pointed out, our public discourse is structured by the rhetoric of persuasion. It's not just politicians who are continually selling. News, education and nearly all public communication rely on the techniques of advertising to pitch ideas. Nice point! Superlatives are common today because, as Doug Rushkoff and others have pointed out, our public discourse is structured by the rhetoric of persuasion. It’s not just politicians who are continually selling. News, education and nearly all public communication rely on the techniques of advertising to pitch ideas.

]]> http://grammarsource.com/2007/04/19/media-hyperbole-worst-ever/#comment-263 Blair Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:19:46 +0000 http://grammarsucks.com/media-hyperbole-worst-ever.htm#comment-263 The Michigan school bombing would be the "worst school attack." The worst school disaster is be the New London, Texas, School Disaster, which killed 300 students in the late 1930s. The explosion was caused by a natural gas leak. The Michigan school bombing would be the “worst school attack.” The worst school disaster is be the New London, Texas, School Disaster, which killed 300 students in the late 1930s. The explosion was caused by a natural gas leak.

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