The plural of “anecdote” is “anecdotes” (Signifying Nothing: how does saying nothing at all become so loud?)

Tuesday, 5 October 2004

The plural of “anecdote” is “anecdotes”

Jayson Javitz finds shocking evidence of opinion polls themselves being biased (þ: Viking Pundit). I’ll leave it to Signifying Nothing’s capable readership to identify the problems with this analysis. Free hint: Javitz has “six more examples” that didn’t fit in the limited space in the margin, or something.

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