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This Vote Should Be Unanimous: It’s Electoral, not Electorial!
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities We’re in the heart of election season, which means many things, one of the most annoying of which is how many people … Continue reading
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Tagged common mistakes, electoral, electoral college, electorial, language, spelling, spelling mistakes, writing
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Positive Language about Tropical Storm Isaac
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities Being a meteorologist and writer, I sometimes confuse myself, so let’s be clear: This is a language-related weather post, not a weather-related … Continue reading
Simple, Direct Language Is Always the Best Choice!
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities I know it’s been a while, but we’re still here! And what better way to come back from a break than by … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, convoluted language, direct language, editing, simple language, writing
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I’ll be on Wisconsin Public Radio on Wednesday morning
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities I’m happy to report that I’ll be on Wisconsin Public Radio from 9 a.m. until 10 a.m. (Eastern time) on Wednesday, joining … Continue reading
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Tagged grammar, language, wisconsin public radio, writing
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“Stretchered” Off the Ice?
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities Although it’s often difficult to be (because of the unnecessary violence often intended to injure opponents), I’m a fan of hockey. The … Continue reading
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Tagged grammar, language, marian hossa, marian hossa injury, nouns used a verbs, raffi torres hit, writing
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Language of Racism: Hoodies the Reason for Trayvon Martin’s Death
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities That’s right, ladies and gentleman, Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera thinks that what Trayvon Martin was wearing is as much of a factor … Continue reading
Posted in language, politics
Tagged George Zimmerman, Gerald Rivera, hoodies, language, racism, skittles, Trayvon Martin, Trayvon Martin death
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Proper Way To Apologize
We all make mistakes, but apologizing is always difficult. That difficulty (and because many people apologize when they’re not truly sorry for their actions) is why there are so many conditional apologies issued. That’s something I’ve talked about before here … Continue reading
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Tagged apology, language, lisa chan, pete hoekstra ad, politics, sincere apology
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Hollywood Continuity Mistakes
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities There’s not that much of a difference between editing text and ensuring that continuity is maintained in a Hollywood production, so I … Continue reading
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Tagged hollywood mistakes, movie continuity, st. valentine, valentine's day
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Don’t Fall For It: Super Bowl Commercials are Just Commercials
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities I know I’m in the minority here, but think about it: Are commercials during the Super Bowl really less annoying than commercials … Continue reading
The Microagressions Project
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities (Image from TheViitals) What we say matters. What we say might not be considered outwardly racist–maybe we think we’re making a joke. … Continue reading
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