Make Your Editor Cry: “Along the Same Vein” vs. “In the Same Vein” and “Along the Same Line”
The standard expression along the same line means on the same subject.
The standard expression in the same vein also means on the same subject.
The expression along the same vein appears to be a conflation of these two standard phrases and, without going too far down the rabbit hole, isn’t a thing.
Examples:
Incorrect:
Blue whales share similarities with mice. Both are warm blooded and along the same vein both nurse their young.
Correct:
Blue whales share similarities with mice. Both are warm blooded and along the same line both nurse their young.
Blue whales share similarities with mice. Both are warm blooded and in the same vein both nurse their young.
Gregg Bridgeman is the Editor-in-Chief at Olivia Kimbrell Press. He is husband to best-selling Christian author Hallee Bridgeman and parent to three. He continues to proudly serve in the US Armed Forces and has done so in either an active or reserve capacity for more than twenty years as an airborne and air assault qualified paratrooper, earning a Bronze Star for his service. Most importantly, he was ordained in October of 2001 after surrendering his life to Christ decades earlier.
