When is an honor really honors?

[BurgersForBreakfast]

The story reads ... he won Manager of the Year honors in 1999. In reality, he was named coach of the year once by one group. So, why is it that almost everyone wants to say honors? Should it not be honor? He won the Manager of the Year honor, right?

 

[rpmmutant]

Just write he won Manager of the Year in 1999. Eliminate honor or honors.

 

[TwoGloves]

We've got a guy who seemingly can't write a story without the word "honors" in it. In an All-State story recently, he used it six times, including the online headline. But try to tell him how bad it sounds and he says "Everybody has their own style." Yeah, and yours sucks.

 

[Football_Bat]

Just write he won Manager of the Year in 1999. Eliminate honor or honors.

I agree just on the basis of tight writing. It's superfluous.

 

[Ace]

We've got a guy who seemingly can't write a story without the word "honors" in it. In an All-State story recently, he used it six times, including the online headline. But try to tell him how bad it sounds and he says "Everybody has their own style." Yeah, and yours sucks.

You should buy some cheap little plaques and leave one on his desk for every story he writes with the word "honor" in it. See how fast his style piles up.