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Flesh Out, New Friends
Don’t let the title confuse you–I’m not fleshing out new friends, whatever that might mean. This entry covers two issues. (By the way, how many of you read that sentence and thought that it was a post that covers two problems, not … Continue reading
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Tagged business terms, English, flesh it out, flesh out, grammar, language, writing
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What Does the Word Dictionary Mean?
On several occasions in this relatively young blog, Sherry and I have stated that the mere presence of a word in a dictionary does not necessarily mean that the word is an acceptable word, and, understandably, some of you have … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptable grammar, dived vs dove, dragged vs drug, English, language, writing
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Hit-and-Miss Misses the Grammar Mark
I’ve heard the grammar error hit-and-miss used instead of the correct hit-or-miss by almost every meteorologist on television and by many meteorologists who write weather blogs. Hit-or-miss is an adjective that describes something that either might or might not occur (usually … Continue reading
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Tagged English, grammar error, hit-and-miss vs hit-or-miss, meteorological terms, weather words, writing
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Misspoken Identity
I watched an hour of cable television news recently, and that means two things: 1) The only newsworthy items in the world were what Senators Clinton and Obama think of each other and what issues Senator McCain was flip-flopping on that … Continue reading
No Regard for Irregardless
Irregardless isn’t a word; the word is regardless, which means despite or without regard. I’m going out regardless of the bad weather means I’m going out despite the bad weather or even though the weather is bad. The prefix –ir … Continue reading
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Tagged English, grammar error, irregardless, regardless, without regard, writing
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Poor Communication or Poor Taste Test?
Ok, I’ll admit it. This is another post that’s more of an off-topic rant than a true language or grammar post, but, hey, there must have been some lack of communication for my informal Pepsi taste test to go the … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, humor, kosher coke, kosher pepsi, language, taste test
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Site Updates
We’ve received a couple of questions lately about how to print out single entries from our site, so we checked it out to see what the problem was and how to correct it. It turns out that you actually can … Continue reading
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Sweat Equity
Equity is the amount of money that a property or business is worth beyond what is owed. For instance, if you owe $200,000 on your home, and it’s worth $300,000, then you have an equity of $100,000 (breaking news: languageandgrammar.com … Continue reading
Most Important, Not Most Importantly
The correct phrase is most important, and the same goes for more important; they are often, if not always, shortened versions of what’s most important or what’s more important. Importantly means in an important way, just as slowly means in a … Continue reading
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