Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Proper Preposition

I received this announcement in an e-mail today:
"George Weigel to discuss his book on Pope John Paul II"
Please read that again. Does anything about the statement strike you as odd?

When I saw the headline, I immediately pictured a man waving a thick hardcover book, barking some schmaltzy marketing pitch, while standing on the body of the dead pontiff.

That's the power of the preposition.
"George Weigel to discuss his book about Pope John Paul II" 
Jes' sayin' ;)