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Best Creative Use Of The English Language

Austin American-Statesman Editorial Board

On those rare occasions that we agree with the opinions they are trying to express, the Statesman's editorial board usually finds some way to confuse us. Consider this jumbled sentence from a piece about high school graduation procedures that found its way into our local daily's March 26 edition: "No one who does not meet all graduation requirements should be allowed to participate in graduation ceremonies." And those folks can all become editorial writers.