Cut the Cliches

Your laundry list of cliches barely revealed the tip of the iceberg (editorial, Aug. 11). Further, The Times has a track record of pointing the finger elsewhere when it has egg on its face. I would be curious to know how many cliches slip by the eagle eyes of your proofreaders and make it to print each day. It shouldn’t take a rocket scientist to make that calculation. A ballpark figure will suit me to a T. To level the playing field for your writers and give some small respite to your loyal and long-suffering readers, I would humbly suggest that you clean up your act and make it an editorial policy that cliches be banned from your pages from now until eternity. That way we could wipe the slate clean and begin a whole new ballgame.

C.J. Wright

Venice