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If You Think This Is Correct, Then…
Which is correct: If you think that you’re going out of the house in those ripped jeans, then you have another thing coming or If you think that you’re going out of the house in those ripped jeans, then you … Continue reading
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Tagged another thing coming, another think coming, cliche, English, grammar error, language, writing
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Weather Forecast: Is Anyone Listening?
Listening, as I stated in a recent post (Political Attacks), is as important to communication as what is being said and, thus, is never more obvious than with a weather forecast. As a meteorologist with many years of experience, I enjoy hearing … Continue reading
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Tagged language, meteorologists, off topic, weather forecasts, weather jokes
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Political Attacks
There are two aspects of communication—speaking and listening. The blog focuses mainly on the speaking part, of course, but I’ll look at the listening part today since it’s just as important. The Democratic and Republican conventions have come and gone … Continue reading
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Tagged Democratic convention, language, McCain, Obama, politcal attacks, politics, President Bush, Republican convention
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A Frequent Redundancy
A “business expert” guest on a popular news channel boldly suggested that new business owners trying to impress clients should take them to restaurants that they frequent a lot. Is there an echo in here, or do I need to … Continue reading
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Tagged business, English, frequent a lot, frequent often, grammar error, language, writing
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Perfect 16-0 Record
I wrote about the redundancy of saying a perfect 16-0 record in Literally, the Best Language Book Ever (pick up a copy, will ya?), so I won’t repeat that here. Even if the redundancy were to stop being used by … Continue reading
Posted in language, off topic, sports
Tagged language, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, NFL, perfect 16-0 record, sports
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Media Room
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
Man cave
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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Tagged gender humor, guy's room, language, man cave, man room, trendy language
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Spend and Grow Rich
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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Tagged credit card, language, napolean hill, saving money, think and grow rich
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Presently Is Not Now
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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