Driving While Brown, Mythbusting Dept. 0
From Fact Check dot org. Follow the link for the analysis; it’s quite extensive and well-footnoted:
Aside: Phrases using “grow” as in the “grow the economy” phrase in the excerpt above irritate the bejesus out of me. One grows vegetables. The economy grows (or it doesn’t), but one doesn’t grow it like a stalk of corn.
It sounds awkward because it is awkward. That phrasing was invented by consultants angling for marks clients with claims like “We will help you grow your business.”
Writing that sounds awkward is not somehow more important than writing that flows easily. It’s simply more additionally pretentious and crappier than writing that flows easily.
