Paul Yeager's weather book
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The Past of -Cast: Is it Casted or Cast?
Some verbs are regular verbs, which means that they follow a set pattern when forming their tenses; for example, they add –ed when forming the past tense. Other verbs are irregular verbs, which means that they don’t follow those rules; … Continue reading
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Tagged broadcast or broadcasted, English, forecast or forecasted, grammar error, irregular verbs, past tense
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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
Off Topic: How to Use Snow to Your Advantage
By Paul Yeager, author of Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities This is completely off-topic, but since so many of us have had to deal with more snow than we may like, I’m here to help. Use snow as an … Continue reading
Posted in humor, off topic, weather
Tagged excuses to miss work, humor, off topic, paul yeager, snow, top 10 list, weather
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White Christmas for Many This Year
By Paul Yeager, author of Weather Whys: Facts, Myths and Oddities I know that I recently talked about the fact that not everyone celebrates Christmas, but I don’t think that means the holiday should be ignored. Many people care about … Continue reading
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Tagged off topic, paul yeager, weather, white christmas
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Turkey of a Myth
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever We have often noted that often repeated language and grammar errors seem to become “correct” usage. Wouldn’t it be weird if math used that philosophy? When enough people said … Continue reading
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Tagged myth, off topic, thanksgiving travel, thanksgiving travel myth
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Language And Grammar Resources (and More)
In case you hadn’t noticed, we changed the look of the blog recently. The most recent template didn’t highlight the pages on the site as well as this one does, so let me introduce (or re-introduce) some of the pages … Continue reading
Awesome Hurricane Katrina Video
By Paul Yeager, author of Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities and Cloudy and Cool. Awesome is often used to mean something incredibly good, but technically, it means something that inspires awe of any type. When I saw that the … Continue reading
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Tagged awesome, hurricane katrina, weather
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Common Grammar Errors
Since we changed the design of the site, I know that some of our other pages are not as obvious as they were in the past, but they’re still there, including: Sherry’s Grammar List, which includes a heavy dose of … Continue reading
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Tagged common grammar errors, grammar, language, literally the best language gook ever, myths and oddities, paul yeager, sherry coven, weather whys facts, writing
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Warmer and Colder Temperartures
I’m a meteorologist and author (Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities), and I know I’ve said it, but, technically, temperatures cannot be warmer or colder. A temperature is a number, which means that it can be higher or lower, not … Continue reading
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Tagged higher or lower, paul yeager, temperatures, warmer or colder, weather, weather whys
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Weather Whys in Bookstores
We can’t live on language and grammar alone, so please let me share my exciting news with you. My weather book, Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities is available in bookstores (and online) now. I think that anyone who’s interested in the … Continue reading
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Tagged meteorology, paul yeager, weather, weather book, weather whys
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