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For All Intents and Purposes
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever This mistaken phrase for all intensive purposes falls into the category I like to call “Close but no cigarette.” The correct phrase is for all intents and purposes, and … Continue reading
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Web ACCESSibility, not ASSESSibility
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever Web accessibility is the process of making Web sites usable for everyone, regardless of a person’s disability. That’s an important topic since it’s only fair that all users be … Continue reading
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Thought Leaders and Thought Followers
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever I was a recent Web conference associated with my day job, and I was extremely fortunate to attend during a year when there were so many thought leaders floating … Continue reading
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League Slams Players for Foul Language–Circa 1898
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever For those of you who believe that poorly behaving athletes is a modern problem, check out this yahoo.com blog: Late 19th century ball players sure used creative vulgarities. The blog highlights … Continue reading
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Tagged baseball, language, pooly behaving athletes, professional athletes swearing, sports
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Palmero’s Pizza Not-So-Organic Cooking Instructions
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever I know that all cooking instructions leave some room in the directions for the variability of ovens, individual done-ness preferences, etc., but Palmero’s Organic Pizza seems to have taken … Continue reading
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America: Misnomer of a Moniker
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever I don’t get it. Why are the terms United States and America used interchangeably? The United States is part of America, which is why it’s called the United States … Continue reading
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Merchandise Replenisher Wanted
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever I know that every employer wants to make his job sound important, and I truly believe that every employee deserves respect for whatever job he does; however, I find … Continue reading
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Deliberately Misleading Language
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever This is as much a political opinion piece as it is a language piece, but when has that stopped me before? If hearing political views that may not match … Continue reading
Tween a Rock and a Made-Up Word
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever Using overly trendy language can lead to all sorts of problems, such as lengthy conversations and strained relationships. To make my point, here is a hypothetical conversation between a … Continue reading
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