Usage loses two
Jim Bowman
4 July 2009
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Sarah Palin’s advisors “sniped with other Republicans,” reports AP’s Rachel d’Oro.
She means “argued with.”
Her spokeswoman “shot down speculation” that Palin would do such and such.
She means “tried to shoot down” or “denied,” unless d’Oro wants to say the spokeswoman convinced her, which goes against standard practice.
Then there’s this from Wm. Yardley in NY Times:
So while her announcement [...]
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