to speak correct English, if American journalists have serious issues
A quote from today's CNN coverage: "Lawmakers are speaking out with moments of silence."
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3 comments:
Prince can tell you: this means they are making a point by not saying anything. Don't think it's an idiom, but maybe he knows the correct term.
I think it's called a verb phrase. Speak out means "to express one's opinion openly and unreservedly." (dictionary.com) But in this case, I'd call poor word choice. A better choice may have been: "Lawmakers [across the nation] are expressing their sympathy with moments of silence."
I understood what she meant. But the sentence does not make sence because of the expressions that were used together. So I thought it was kind of funny (in very sad sircumstance, but still...)
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