The Wrong Word Entirely, # 24

The logical continuation of yesterday’s problematic principles for principals is, of course, principals for principles. Here is a lovely example from an academic text:

Beverly M. Black and Arlene N. Weisz, ‘Effective Interventions with Dating Violence and Domestic Violence’, in The School Services Sourcebook: A Guide for School-based Professionals, ed. by Cynthia Franklin, Mary Beth Harris, Paula Allen-Meares (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006), pp. 519–28 (p. 522). Link: GoogleBooks. The same editorial team included this essay, with the error corrected, in The School Practitioner's Concise Companion to Preventing Violence and Conflict (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008), pp. 127–39 (p. 132). Link: GoogleBooks.

Today’s second mangle is taken from promotional material advertising a book called Bottom Line Focus by one Marty Harshberger (available from his website Bottom Line Coach, which offers a fair selection of mangles), and you’ll note it has brought a friend:

Link: bottomlinecoach.com, Bottom Line Focus

If I were to compile a Mangles of the Year list, I’m fairly sure ‘lawsuites’ would appear in the top three… Bliss!