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This page is a home of all of Paul Yeager’s posts, which range from grammar mistake to language cliches to overly trendy language to off-topic and humor posts. They’re similar in tone to his language book, Literally, the Best Language Book Ever. (His second book, Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities, was published by Perigee on March 2, 2010.)
Since the title alone may not give enough information about the post, he’s included a short description where needed.
- 12 Million Reasons (equating dollars as a reason to do something)
- 350 And Counting…
- A Buck Ten Left in the Game (equating time with money)
- Adopt A Word
- Annoying Work Words
- Anonymous or Unnamed Source
- Autumn in Central Pennsylvania
- Back and Better than Ever (composite list of errors)
- Baseball’s What Not to Say (trite baseball reference)
- Best Weekend of the Year (standard time)
- Big Off-Season Move (off-topic post about baseball)
- Blowback
- Breaking News: Press Release for Paul’s Book
- Candidates Lash Out
- Career Opportunities
- Choosing Later Retirement Age?
- Close But No Cigarette (humorous language errors)
- Coldest I’ve Ever Been
- Comfort-Coated Goodness (strange marketing for laxative)
- Complete Lack of Tolerance for Tolerance
- Controlling Destiny
- Costly Language Mistakes
- Credibility Gap
- Credit Crunch
- Daring Rescue–Part II (off-topic post about an animal “rescue”)
- Definite Possibility
- Democrat Party
- Desperation Versus Determination
- Diss Goes Mainstream
- Dropped the Ball
- Efforting
- Enjoy the Funeral (reference to saying Happy Memorial Day)
- Envy Versus Support
- Errors of Summer, The (composite errors post)
- Everything Half Off
- Exact Opposite
- Fake AP Stylebook
- Fear Versus Hope
- Fed Up With Up
- 50% Chance of Rain
- Flesh Out
- 47-Hour Weekend (Daylight-Saving Time)
- General Consensus
- Getting Emotional
- Getty Images Looses Grip on Grammar (incorrect use of word loose)
- Good Morning America on Language
- Googled It on Youtube
- Guestimate
- Guilty As Charged (commentary on my own grammar mistake)
- Hope Against Hopefully
- Hot As A Firecracker on the Fourth of July (trite weather statements)
- Hubris–Definition in Real Life
- IBM Gets It
- Ideation and Ideating
- If I Could Put Time in a Bottle (off-topic post about failed time capsule)
- If You Can’t Park It, Then… (off-topic post about parking)
- If the Election Were Held Today…
- I’m Glad My Parents Aren’t Alive to See This
- I’m Sorry If I Offended Anyone
- I’m Very Handy (off-topic post about a failed computer repair)
- Insensitive Communication
- Insightful Political Analysis (composite errors post)
- Intellectually Advanced
- It’s Not What It’s Cracked Up to Be
- It Was Like a Nightmare or Something (inarticulate communication)
- I Want to be a Statistic–Sometimes
- Jeff Corwin, Move Over (off-topic post about rescue of ducklings)
- Jobs I’d Hate to Have (off-topic post about packaging eggs)
- Just Cabinets–I Don’t Think So (failed marketing scheme)
- Just in Case (spoof of Kanye West)
- Keep ’em Coming (reader pet peeves)
- Language of Forecasting
- Language and Freedom (difference between fighting for our freedom and serving our country)
- LanguageAndGrammar Takes to the Airwaves (off-topic post about my book promotion)
- Larry King on Language
- Like a Bull in a China Shop
- Literally, the Best Language Book Ever in Stores Today (post about the release of my book)
- Logical Reason
- Look Mom, Hands Free
- Mac Versus PC Weather (from cloudyandcool.com)
- Manage the Game
- Man Cave
- Man Up
- Mantuary
- March Sadness (off-topic post about basketball’s March Madness)
- McCain Condescension
- Meantime, the Controversy Rages
- Media Room
- Meeting Doube-talk
- Metrosexual
- Miami Book Fair, Here I Come (post about my trip to the Miami Book Fair)
- Misremembered
- Misspoken Identity
- Monthly Error Report (composite errors report)
- Monthly Review, Radio Style (composite errors post)
- More Language Pet Peeves (reader pet peeves)
- More than an Upgrade Needed
- Negative Savings Rate
- Not So Super Advice (commentary on Super Bowl coverage)
- Not the Only One Who Hates Verbing (Calvin and Hobbes reference)
- NPR Redundancy
- Nuclear Power=Green Energy?
- O, What a Flight (off-topic post about a flight)
- Oh, Brother Moment (related to use of aha moment in advertising)
- Obama Republican
- Olbermann Predicts Daring Clinton Heist (misuse of word literally)
- On Either Side of This Mistake
- Only 70 Curses–Below Average (post about ineffectiveness of swearing)
- Pangs or Pains?
- Passive Versus Patient
- Paul’s Press Release (the press release for my book)
- Perfect 16-0 Record
- Political Pundits
- Political Theater
- Politically Incorrect
- Poor Communication or Poor Taste Test? (off-topic post about a soda taste test)
- Post-Consumer Material
- Pre-owned Car Salesman
- Pre-Prepare to Not Like This Word
- Pushback to Pushback
- Quarter Century of Sports Cliches
- Quickly Growing Derogatory Terms
- Radio Head (post about radio promotion for my book)
- Redsox/Yankees on TV? (off-topic post about baseball)
- Red States, Blue States, and Purple States
- Redundant Language
- Ripe in One to Two Days (post about how fruit is referenced)
- Road to Hoe
- Say No to Incoming Coming In
- Sci-Fi Marketing (changing name of Sci-Fi channel)
- Scratch and Dent Sale (off-topic post about a local appliance store)
- See You Next Year
- Site Update (post about site changes)
- Smarter Planet; Dumber Advertising (misuse of word smarter)
- Snow in May? (weather-related post)
- Special Encore Presentation
- Spend and Grow Rich (commentary about debit cards)
- Spring Greening
- Stainless Steel Applilances
- Staycation
- Stealth Advertising
- Stop the Insanity (no double-space after a hard stop)
- Storm Chasers—I Don’t Think So
- Stuck in One Place
- Subtle Sexism
- Symbolism of Patriotism
- Symbols of Patriotism–Obama Address to Congress
- Talk Offline
- Tasty Upset or Indigestible Loss?
- The Appointment is Not for the Doctor
- The “C” in Arctic Stands for Cold
- The Least-Used Phrase in the English Language
- The L-Word (use of the word lie in politics)
- The New Economics
- The People Have Spoken
- The Snuggie–Make It Stop
- Thoughtful Sports Figure
- Time to Run Down Run Up
- Top 10 Lists of 2008
- Tornadoes Versus Reports of Tornadoes
- Total 360
- True Patriotism
- Try Less; Do More
- Tsunami Is a Thrilling Prospect?
- 28 Language Errors in One Post!
- Two-second Rule
- 2008
- Unbelievable
- Values Voters
- Vetting
- Voila
- Voluntary Social Distancing and Self Isolation
- War on Everything
- What Did the Pot Call the Kettle? (political signs with errors)
- Weather on Your Weekend
- We’re Listening (reader pet peeves)
- We’re Not the Only Ones with Pet Peeves (reader pet peeves)
- What Annoys You
- What Does the Word Dictionary Mean?
- What Is Breaking News?
- Where Are You At?
- Whether or Not
- Who Versus That
- Why Language Changes
- Yellowbook It
- You Said It
- You Think You Have Issues?
- Your Language Complaints
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