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Wednesday, June 7, 2006

Trash Sarah Mirk Contributed to this Story.

Posted by JOSH FEIT on June 7 at 22:25 PM

Hey, I owe an apology to Stranger news intern, Sarah Mirk. I was assigned a 4,000 word feature story by my krazy boss on Friday…due to my krazy boss on Monday. It’s in today’s paper.

Anyway, Stranger news intern, Sarah Mirk saved my ass by doing much research and fact checking, and she didn’t get a proper “Sarah Mirk contributed to this story” credit.

Perhaps, given that I published sentences like: “What if a pharmacist feels they don’t have the training or expertise to safely administer a new drug safely?” I should have asked Ms. Mirk to write the article as well.

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1

Are you going to start giving credit to *everyone* who helps with your stories???

Posted by StrangerDanger | June 7, 2006 11:27 PM

2

Also, while on the bitchy writing tip: the proper pronoun for "a pharmacist" is not the plural "they."

Posted by wf | June 8, 2006 12:08 AM

3

"They" is proper if you do not want to refer to a specific gender. Also, the English language is fucked up.

Posted by z is for xylophone | June 8, 2006 6:56 AM

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No way, Z... "they" is never proper to refer to one person. If you want to use "they," the proper approach is to rewrite the sentence with a plural noun: "What if certain pharmacists feel they don't have...."

Posted by giantladysquirrels | June 8, 2006 8:21 AM

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"He" is, and always has been, the accepted gender-neutral pronoun. Using "they" in cases like this is p.c. and, more importantly, grammatically incorrect.

Posted by Levislade | June 8, 2006 8:47 AM

6

aww, jeezus. fucked up, as i said.

Posted by z is for xylophone | June 8, 2006 8:56 AM

7

I read Sara Mirk as S.Mirk, or "Smirk"

Are you sure she's not another Nancy Drew type appellation?

Posted by Napoleon XIII | June 8, 2006 9:11 AM

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Josh,
The story was well done and important.

Posted by ahura | June 8, 2006 9:56 AM

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Yeah I really enjoyed the story, thanks Josh!

And thanks Sara!

Posted by schmoo | June 8, 2006 10:24 AM

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"s/he"? "he or she"? one? make pharmacist plural? lots of alternatives to a singular, gender neutral "they".

Posted by wf | June 8, 2006 12:19 PM

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