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The Microagressions Project
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities (Image from TheViitals) What we say matters. What we say might not be considered outwardly racist–maybe we think we’re making a joke. … Continue reading
Weather Talk on Science Friday
By Paul Yeager, author of Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities Just a quick (off-topic) note to let you know that I’ll be on NPR’s popular Science Friday show tomorrow to join host Ira Flatow and fellow guests Andrew Fraknoi … Continue reading
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Uni-Lingual Nation
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities It’s estimated that more than half of the world speaks two languages, but in the U.S., it’s roughly 10%. I don’t have … Continue reading
Creepy Christmas Carols
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we here at Everything Language and Grammar tend to think that we’re too obsessed with … Continue reading
What Are They Trying to Say?
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities First Night activities are a great way to spend New Year’s Eve without alcohol, but I’m not sure that having the First … Continue reading
Confusion Between Lead and Led
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities Lead and led are two completely different words with completely different meanings, but since the past tense of the verb form of … Continue reading
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Tagged confused word pairs, grammar, language, lead/led, lead/led confusion, writing
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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fritters
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities It’s time for my semi-annual reminder that not all Americans celebrate Christian Holidays (Easter Is a Religious Holiday and Not Everyone Celebrates … Continue reading
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Tagged bah humbug, christian holidays, Christmas, national fritter day, off topic
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Starprise Entership?
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities We all make mistakes, but when they’re public and funny, we’re talking about perfect blog material. The above image of the famous … Continue reading
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Tagged english fail blog, grammar errors, humorous mistakes, language mistakes
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Autumn in Central Pennsylvania, Part Two
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities It was just two years ago that we shared some pictures of snow in central Pennsylvania during autumn, and here we go … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn snow, fall snow, northeast snow storm pictures, octobe snow, off topic, snow pictures
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Happy Halloween and Fall!
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities What better way to celebrate the undead than with free candy for everyone, which is why Halloween is a great holiday. It … Continue reading
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