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Monthly Error Report
It’s definately been an exciting month here at languageandgrammar.com, so my monthly post on all of our errors is gonna be a little late. When I wasn’t being handy (at least the stainless steel appliances and pre-owned car didn’t break), … Continue reading
I’m Very Handy
I’m a writer, not a computer repairman–and I have proof. Here at the languageandgrammar.com headquarters, we recently needed to buy a new laptop. It’s not that the old laptop quit working, but the hinges that held the screen in an … Continue reading
Daring Rescue–Part II
You might recall that in the wet days of spring, we stopped the languageandgrammar.com presses just long enough to save nine ducklings from certain demise (Jeff Corwin, Move Over) alongside a busy road. Spring is technically not over yet, and we recently … Continue reading
Stainless Steel Appliances
I almost feel like a lawyer as I head into this mostly off-topic post since I have to begin with the question: How do you define clean? Stainless steel appliances have become more popular than yawns during a major league … Continue reading
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Tagged humor, off topic, stainless steel appliances
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Jobs I’d Hate to Have
Expiration dates on food products are important, of course; otherwise, we’d have even more people going around saying “This doesn’t smell good–here, sniff” and “This doesn’t taste right–here, take a bite,” but it’s clear that we’ve taken this one step too far. … Continue reading
Jeff Corwin, Move Over
We at languageandgrammar.com took a brief respite from saving our readers from language pitfalls–just long enough to save nine ducklings in what could only be called a “daring rescue.” Ok, so it wasn’t that daring, but it was a rescue nonetheless. … Continue reading
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Tagged ducklings, ducks, Jeff Corwin, rescue
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Exclusive Breaking News!
As regular blog readers certainly know by now, my first book, Literally, the Best Language Book Ever, will be published soon–on May 6, 2008. In fact, I have exclusive coverage of the press release related to the book’s release. I … Continue reading
Posted in grammar, language, off topic, writing
Tagged books, grammar, language, literally the best language book ever, paul yeager, writing
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Poor Communication or Poor Taste Test?
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
Posted in humor, language, off topic
Tagged communication, humor, kosher coke, kosher pepsi, language, taste test
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Site Updates
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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Tagged how to print, languageandgrammar updates, Literally, the Best Language Book Ever
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47-Hour Weekend
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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Tagged Daylight Savings Time, daylight-saving time, grammar, humor, language, writing
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