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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:47:35 +0000

[...] Guestimate. Using words that aren’t valid words can weaken your writing, as this post illustrates. [...]

By: languageandgrammar

languageandgrammar — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:03:11 +0000

Thanks from “Up Above.” (Since you’re “Down Under,” we must be “Up Above”)

By: languageandgrammar

languageandgrammar — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:01:50 +0000

Thanks, Sam. Hope you enjoy the book.

Paul

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:44:14 +0000

Other common tautological statements eg never before, forward progress. Inquire or enquire? “Off” instead of “from” very widely misused has become so inveterate as to be acceptable? (though not technically of course). Have heard many times (especially in US?) the use of “off of” in a phrase eg in Goodfellas the movie: “Stop feeding the dog off of the table”. Saying this sounds odds but when it’s written surely people would have to question how it reads and looks. Adios from Sydney, Australia.

By: SAM

SAM — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:24:52 +0000

Oh, one more thing…a blog entry on “ensure” vs.
“insure” would be interesting…I was writing a letter in which “ensure” was the proper word to use and my boss said it should be “insure”…I didn’t have the strength to argue with him.

By: SAM

SAM — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:21:41 +0000

I just found this blog and I love it! I was in search of the correct usage of me vs. myself and your site helped. Thank you!

Will definitely be picking up your book!