Over at Cranach: the Blog of Veith, is the story of the misplaced “at” in Virginia’s school bus safety law and someone who got off with breaking the spirit of the law because of it.
It turns out that the law lacks the critical preposition “at”, rendering the sentence “A person is guilty of reckless driving who fails to stop… any school bus which is stopped on any highway…” instead of “A person is guilty of reckless driving who fails to stop at… any school bus which is stopped on any highway…”
Granted, I’m a writer, but I’ve always said that words matter. Here’s a perfect example.
DLH
