Who was the #%$&*# who started the practice of using “on” instead of “for” in sportscasting in statements like, “McGwire is batting .291 ON the season,” or “The Longhorns are 8-2 ON the season.” This startled me when I first heard it about 15 or 20 years ago, before which “for” was not just the common usage but the only usage. Today every idiot sportscaster in the nation seems to use “on”. Does this profession have the license to alter the rules of diction? Who among you would ever say, “I have a B+ average ON the semester”?
Hear Hear!!!
And while we’re at it, lets lynch those people who poo poo ending a sentence with a preposition. We all know for what a preposition is. We also all know what a preposition is for.
Viva La Revolution!
What bugs me is when they don’t say, “the season SO FAR.” Hey, all you color twerps, the season’s not over yet.
But what REALLY bugs me is when the color twerps won’t shut up and let us watch the game in peace. I don’t really care what McGwire’s stats are. If it’s important, I figure Peter Jennings will tell me about it at suppertime. Otherwise, put a sock in it, guys, 'kay?
And then there’s those people who start two identical threads in the same forum…oy vey!
