This is the place where Richard Mateosian comments, sometimes nitpickingly, about questions of writing style, grammar, and vocabulary that occur to him as the words of others impinge upon his consciousness.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Information is available by phoning
When people want to tell you that you can obtain information by calling 555-1212, why don't they just say so? If you start a sentence with "Information is available," just about the only way to proceed is to say "at . . .."
I'm not sure how to diagram "Information is available by phoning 555-1212." I know what it means, but it's awkward at best and probably defective.
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