shorts and a halter, eh?

[winterbadger]

Another stupid sports writer who doesn't get it

On top of all the other idiocy in this piece, the sentence "I love the equestrian events as well, although riding around 30-odd years ago on a big placid mare in the summertime wearing shorts and a halter doesn't really make me a candidate for dressage" really springs out. No matter how you diagram this sentence, either the horse was wearing clothing or the author was engaging in some early pony play.

This is why you have editors--to stop you from looking this stupid. This is why you should listen to them.

Comments

[peaceful-fox.livejournal.com]

She was wearing shorts. The horse was wearing the halter. ;-)

[fionnabhar.livejournal.com]

For the want of a comma . . .

[what-a-charmer.livejournal.com]

From your fellow novelist, and editor, it astounds me how many people manage to fuck up the English language, as though the only requirement to graduate from school was being able to drool all over one's homework.