Earlier I posted a piece about mangled metaphors, which focused on the trouble that writers get into when they use a metaphor without taking into account the root comparison that is embedded within it. Example: talking about "the doctrine set forth in Roe v. Wade and its progeny” -- an aborted metaphor if there ever … Continue reading Academic Writing Issues #9: The Poetry of Everyday Life
David Labaree on Schooling, History, and Writing 