Word Watchdog: Try and and all-round usage debated
Theodore M. Bernstein critiques ad language and grammar quirks. He cites a network ad praising a news team with a misused verb and discusses compound verbs, try and versus try to, and the all-around versus all-round form, noting nuances in meaning and form.
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Theodore M. Bernstein
Noverre Musson
Columbus
Ohio
O.K. Xerox
Amtrak Station Relocation Study in Syracuse
A SMTS chaired committee will study moving the East Syracuse Amtrak station downtown within 10 years. The group includes business leaders, government officials, and transportation representatives as a preliminary session is planned for early next month. A local household survey in Clay, Salina and Baldwinsville will precede the study.
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Syracuse
Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Study
SMTS
William Meadows
Consolidated Rail Corp
ConRail
William Southern
Meadows
John R. Searles, Jr
Metropolitan Development Association
MDA
Frederick Ditkin
MDA Transportation Committee
Robert Valentine
Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce
James Tormey
J.J. Palla
Greyhound Bus Lines
Elliott Jacobson
Lee Alexander
Lawrence Barnett
Agway, Inc
Stanley Kellish
John Thompson
Eldery Handicapped Transportation Organization
Southern
Warren Frank
Centro
William Lucas
County Department of Transportation
Walter Zinsmeister
Syracuse and
Oswego Bus Lines
Frank Kullen
Central New York Regional Planning Board
al Kovac
Clay
Salina
Baldwinsville
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