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Post-Consumer Material
We’ve all read something that was so full of convoluted words and confusing sentence structures that we knew it had to be written by someone very smart; it was clearly over our heads. What was REALLY happening is that we … Continue reading
Posted in language, writing
Tagged inflated language, language, post-consumer material, recylced, writing
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You Said It…
I’m sure that our regular readers have noticed that we’ve occasionally taken to making posts out of your pet peeves, so that’s what we’ll do again today. We agree with most of them. We’ve written about some of them (links … Continue reading
Posted in grammar, language, writing
Tagged grammar, grammar mistakes, language, language pet peeves, writing
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Why Just Unfaithful? Be FUNfaithful!
Here’s one for all of the descriptivists out there. Since many of them who write to us insist that as long as people use an arrangement of letters, that means it’s a legitimate word, I thought it might actually be … Continue reading
Posted in humor, language
Tagged funfaithful, grammar, humor, language, staycation, unfaithful, writing
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Language of Forecasting
I’ve trained many young weather forecasters in my time, and I’ve always said that even the most accurate forecast is of no use if it’s not communicated well. On my weather blog (cloudyandcool.com), I’ve taken a look how well the … Continue reading
Posted in language, weather
Tagged language, long-range forecast, summer 2009 weather forecast, weather
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Language of Freedom
This is the Memorial Day weekend, of course, and it is a solemn occasion (Enjoy the Funeral), not just the unofficial beginning of summer, the time when every gallon of paint in the country is on sale, and the first … Continue reading
Mantuary
The good news is that I might have been too harsh on one of the terms that I’ve made reference to in the past–man cave. Sure, it’s annoying, trendy, and sexist with a seventh-grade maturity level, but at least it’s … Continue reading
Larry King on Language
When I was doing a recent google search for trendy language (is that really that much more difficult than saying when I recently googled trendy language?), I came across some Larry King commentary on the topic. His comments, found at … Continue reading
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Tagged grammar, language, larry king, trendy language, trendy words, writing
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Desperation Versus Determination
I believe in the power of words, and I also believe in the power of positive energy; therefore, it’s not surprising that I believe it’s important to focus our language–and thus our lives– in a positive direction. That’s why I’m … Continue reading
Posted in language, words to live by
Tagged desperation, determination, grammar, language, positive thinking, words to live by, writing
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Possessive Pairs
No, I’m not talking about when your wife won’t let you go out with your friends or your husband doesn’t let you talk to anyone at the office Christmas party. What I’m talking about is how to indicate possession when … Continue reading
Your Language Complaints
That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, this is the fourth installment of what you, the readers languageandgrammar.com, have listed as Your Pet Peeves. Since we’ve had well over 100 comments, with probably close to 200 peeves, we thought that it only … Continue reading
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