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Weather on Your Weekend
Can I register a complaint about my own blog on my own blog? Is that legal? Why do I keep asking myself questions? I hate when people do that! Anyway, I’m the meteorologist, and everyone else on this blog is talking about … Continue reading
Posted in humor, language, weather
Tagged language, overuse of the word your, personalize the weather, weather channel, writing, your weekend
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Rain Activity and Snow Events
While riding the waves of the Internet, I stumbled across a blog entry that matched well with my recent entry about rain and snow (The Plurals are Rain and Snow). In fact, the entry in John McIntyre’s You Don’t Say … Continue reading
Posted in grammar, language
Tagged grammar, language, rain and snow activity, rain and snow events, rains, snows, weather, writing
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It Was Like A Nightmare or Something
When I talk about the need to communicate well, I’m not just talking about the need to use proper grammar rules at all times. It’s more about the need to express thoughts in a way that gives the listener an … Continue reading
Misremembered
Everyone had a good laugh at Roger Clemens when he recently said (at the congressional hearing about steroid use) that Andy Pettitte had misremembered since we all know that misremembered is obviously not a word. While I agree with those … Continue reading
Posted in grammar, language, sports, writing
Tagged Andy Petitte, grammar, language, misremembered, prefix, Roger Clemens, sports
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I’m Sorry If I Offended Anyone
I have one piece of advice to all would-be apologists out there: If you’re not sorry, then don’t apologize! I am tired of hearing the standard non-apology of I’m sorry if I offended anyone. Apologies are not conditional upon whether … Continue reading
Posted in language, politics, writing
Tagged apologies, Bill O'Reilly, language, Michelle Obama, politics
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Who Versus That
We all know that it’s important to avoid major grammar errors if we want to present ourselves in the best possible light, but it’s often subtle grammar errors that ultimately make the difference. Even when those subtle errors go unnoticed, … Continue reading
Posted in grammar, language
Tagged grammar, grammar error, language, using who or that, who vs. that, writing
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NPR Redundancy
Some of the most common grammar errors are those of redundancy. In fact, there are so many such errors that I devoted an entire chapter (Play It Again, Sam) to them in Literally, the Best Language Book Ever. Examples in the … Continue reading
Posted in grammar, language, writing
Tagged National Public Radio, NPR, NPR Radio, redundancy, writing
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Ideation and Ideating
I wasn’t paying much attention to the television, but when I heard a guest on an MSNBC broadcast say ideation, it grabbed my attention. The exact quote was There is a lot of ideation out there. I’m not sure of the … Continue reading
You Think You Have Issues?
The use of the word issues to mean problems has become so pervasive that many of us no longer know that there is a difference between the two words–but have no fear: we here at languageandgrammar.com are always here to … Continue reading
Posted in language, sports
Tagged issues versus problems, language, Pittsburgh Pirates, sports, writing
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Everything Half Off *
During the last holiday season–meaning December, not the extended holiday season of December, November, October, September, and late August–my wife and I wandered into a well-known woman’s clothing store, attracted by the sign Everything Half Off . Prices reduced by … Continue reading
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