Category Archives: language

I Want to Be a Statistic–Sometimes

Posted on April 23, 2008 by languageandgrammar

A statistic is a numerical value or fact or an inanimate numerical representation of a piece of information. Examples include 53% of the the vote, $3.59 cents per gallon, a .309 batting average, and 63% of all bananas that my co-worker brings to … Continue reading →

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Whether or Not

Posted on April 21, 2008 by languageandgrammar

When I was in high school, I wrote a short, humorous poem about my potential future career; it was titled Weather or Not. Unless you’re reading that poem, which is highly unlikely since it’s never left the back of my closet, you … Continue reading →

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Fed Up with Up

Posted on April 18, 2008 by languageandgrammar

Up, Up, and Away could be the title of a sequel to Literally, the Best Language Book Ever. Rather than a book with 350-plus words, phrases, and expressions that you should never use again, it would be a book with … Continue reading →

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Obama Republican

Posted on April 15, 2008 by languageandgrammar

Here at Languageandgrammar.com, we not only tell you what the current most annoying words, phrases, and expressions are, but we go a step further by occasionally anticipating and predicting what some of the next most annoying words, phrases, and expressions … Continue reading →

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Politically Incorrect

Posted on April 12, 2008 by languageandgrammar

Its been awhile since I’ve done one of my very unique entires that highlights all of the errors that we’ve talked about in the past month (28 Language Errors in one Post), so I thought I’d write another one today. … Continue reading →

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Red States, Blue States, and Purple States

Posted on April 10, 2008 by languageandgrammar

When (if) we finally get to the general election phase of our three-year presidential election cycle, there are going to be myriad overused words, phrases, and expressions that we’re going to hear. They will be as grating on my nerves … Continue reading →

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The General Consensus Is…

Posted on April 8, 2008 by languageandgrammar

The general consensus at languageandgrammar.com is that the expression general consensus is redundant. Consensus means that the majority holds the same opinion; in other words, it’s the general opinion of the group. Logically, then, not only is there no reason … Continue reading →

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Exclusive Breaking News!

Posted on April 3, 2008 by languageandgrammar

As regular blog readers certainly know by now, my first book, Literally, the Best Language Book Ever, will be published soon–on May 6, 2008. In fact, I have exclusive coverage of the press release related to the book’s release. I … Continue reading →

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Flesh Out, New Friends

Posted on April 1, 2008 by languageandgrammar

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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What Does the Word Dictionary Mean?

Posted on March 31, 2008 by languageandgrammar

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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