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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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“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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Confusion Between Lead and Led
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities Lead and led are two completely different words with completely different meanings, but since the past tense of the verb form of … Continue reading
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Today’s New “Word” Is Logomisia
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities What if someone who doesn’t like the way in which we make up new words for no reason or change the meaning … Continue reading
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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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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Tagged condescending terms, language, terminology, thought leader, trendy words
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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
Another Impact
Although I’ve written about impact before, it bears repeating, especially since more and more people seem to be getting addicted to its use as a verb that means to affect. Impact is a noun that denotes forcible contact or a … Continue reading
Stresscalation?
As you know, we here at Everything Language and Grammar are all for making up words whenever it’s convenient because language changes, and since it does, we should all have the authority to change it ourselves. All right, before you … Continue reading
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