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Challenging and Being Honest about Your Fears
And now, for something completely different: I’ve started a self-help podcast, based on the premise that the answers are already inside of you–you just have to find them, and I’m confident that I can help. The first main topic (there … Continue reading
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Subjunctive as a Way of Life!
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities We’ve written about the subjunctive a couple of times (Subjunctive Uses Were, Not Was and I Wish I Was Wrong, But I’m … Continue reading
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
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Weather Talk on Science Friday
By Paul Yeager, author of Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities Just a quick (off-topic) note to let you know that I’ll be on NPR’s popular Science Friday show tomorrow to join host Ira Flatow and fellow guests Andrew Fraknoi … Continue reading
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Creepy Christmas Carols
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we here at Everything Language and Grammar tend to think that we’re too obsessed with … Continue reading
What Are They Trying to Say?
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities First Night activities are a great way to spend New Year’s Eve without alcohol, but I’m not sure that having the First … Continue reading
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fritters
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities It’s time for my semi-annual reminder that not all Americans celebrate Christian Holidays (Easter Is a Religious Holiday and Not Everyone Celebrates … Continue reading
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Autumn in Central Pennsylvania, Part Two
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities It was just two years ago that we shared some pictures of snow in central Pennsylvania during autumn, and here we go … Continue reading
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Happy Halloween and Fall!
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities What better way to celebrate the undead than with free candy for everyone, which is why Halloween is a great holiday. It … Continue reading
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