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Media Room

Posted on August 29, 2008 by languageandgrammar

It’s 2008, and any person who doesn’t have a media room in his house is so 2003.     What I don’t understand is why so many people have the need for a room devoted to the media, which, of … Continue reading →

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Let Us Unite–Together, That Is

Posted on August 26, 2008 by languageandgrammar

I recently heard a political consultant discuss how important it was for one of the political parties  to unite together. I must admit that I was shocked—oh, no, not at his suggestion of togetherness or his fervor in endorsing unity; … Continue reading →

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Man cave

Posted on August 25, 2008 by languageandgrammar

I know that it’s hard to believe, but even though I’m a man, I don’t require a separate room for my male friends and me to watch sports, watch action movies, drink beer, play poker, hang deer heads, and play pool, with a … Continue reading →

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Spend and Grow Rich

Posted on August 20, 2008 by languageandgrammar

Napolean Hill’s motivational book, Think and Grow Rich, is based on the concept that we can draw wealth to ourselves by focusing our thoughts in a specific way. Many people still claim that the ideas presented in the book work even though the book … Continue reading →

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Two-Second Rule

Posted on August 14, 2008 by languageandgrammar

The two-second rule is not an updated version of the five-second rule for our fast-paced society. In fact, it has nothing to do with eating food off the floor or ground at all—that’s disgusting; the two-second rule is an easy, quick … Continue reading →

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Presently Is Not Now

Posted on August 12, 2008 by languageandgrammar

A commonly misused word that I’ve come across more and more lately is presently. I think the reason that I’m seeing it more frequently is this indisputable need we seem to have developed to try to use longer, and sometimes … Continue reading →

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The Errors of Summer

Posted on August 11, 2008 by languageandgrammar

Even though I was initially uninterested, it peaked my curiousity when I read that, as we get older, we actually perceive time as moving more quickly. That might explain why it’s already time for my monthly post highlighting all of … Continue reading →

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If The Election Were Held Today…

Posted on August 9, 2008 by languageandgrammar

Every time that I hear a reporter or guest on a “news” program talk about the upcoming election in terms of “If the election were held today, then…,” I want to finish the statement with “not very many people would … Continue reading →

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Staycation

Posted on August 5, 2008 by languageandgrammar

We here at languageandgrammar.com understand that not everyone agrees that the evolution of language, which is normal, should be done based on logic and need rather than on acceptance of mistakes or on a whim. That brings me to the suddenly … Continue reading →

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Negative Savings Rate

Posted on July 31, 2008 by languageandgrammar

I heard the term on a recent radio report, which stated that 2005 was the first year since the Great Depression in which Americans, as a whole, had a negative savings rate. What I would like to know–and leave a … Continue reading →

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