Category Archives: language

Misspoken Identity

Posted on March 27, 2008 by languageandgrammar

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 →

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Poor Communication or Poor Taste Test?

Posted on March 24, 2008 by languageandgrammar

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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Site Updates

Posted on March 21, 2008 by languageandgrammar

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

Posted on March 20, 2008 by languageandgrammar

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 →

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28 Language Errors in One Post!

Posted on March 17, 2008 by languageandgrammar

I did alot of ideating today and decided to start a new regular feature on the blog: a post that highlights all of the entries that Sherry and I have written in the past month. I thought that I would start … Continue reading →

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Pushback to Pushback

Posted on March 14, 2008 by languageandgrammar

Since pushback (or is it push back?) has started to replace resistance in nearly every conversation in the business world in this country, I’ve decided that it’s time for me to step in and single-handedly prevent yet another non-word from … Continue reading →

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2008

Posted on March 12, 2008 by languageandgrammar

This falls more into the category of a language observation than a language abuse or grammar error, but it’s interesting to note that ever since the beginning of the 21st century, we’ve nearly unanimously changed the way in which we refer … Continue reading →

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Unbelievable…

Posted on March 10, 2008 by languageandgrammar

Some words are annoying because they’re overused. Some words are annoying because they’re too pop culture. Some words are annoying because they’re inarticulate. A few very special words are like getting three lemons in the slot machine with no payoff–annoying because … Continue reading →

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47-Hour Weekend

Posted on March 7, 2008 by languageandgrammar

I have a confession to make: I didn’t know that it was daylight-saving time rather than Daylight Savings Time (with an s, no hyphen, and caps) until co-blogger Sherry Coven corrected me. She is, of course, right–as she always is–so you might be … Continue reading →

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Say No to Income Coming In

Posted on March 6, 2008 by languageandgrammar

Don’t get me wrong–I’m not saying no to income, but I’m saying no to the redundant phrase income coming in. Income, of course, is money that you receive, which means money that comes to you. In other words, saying income … Continue reading →

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