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The same thing happened to Sen. Bob Packwood. He was talking about President Bush’s veto of the family leave bill. “I think very clearly this will be a major issue between he and Gov. Clinton.” Now, there was a social lapse almost as serious as kissing a comely clerk.
The traditions of grammar have something in common with the traditions of architecture. If you only purpose of a window is to let in air and light, we could place windows anywhere. If the only function of a column is to support the entablature, the Capital could be any old thing-Doric, Ionic, all jumbled up, who cares? Why should classic architecture be orderly?
It is because order matters. We expect a certain symmetry in our public buildings. We expect a certain order in our lives-the rooms to be tidied. the dishes to be washed, the trash to be set out.
So it is with grammar. In a story about an auction in New York, The Associated Press reported of Marilyn Monroe that “several letters between she and her acting coach Lee Strasberg are missing from the warehouse.” The AP provided a photo of Erik Menendez at the murder trial of “he and his brother. Lyle.” Reuters reported that an expert on wolves has photographs “showing he and his wife playing with their furry family.”
These blunders offend our innate sense of order. Subconsciously the inner ear reacts to discord. We are asked to waltz in four-quarter time. Socks don’t march. The umpire cries. “Strike four!” A bowling alley racks up 11 pins. Familiar rales of
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