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What Did the Pot Call the Kettle?
I’ve said it before, and I’m sure that I’ll say it again: We all make mistakes, so we at languageandgrammar.com don’t usually play the gotcha game when we see a mistake; however, there are instances when language and grammar mistakes … Continue reading
Getty Images Looses Grip on Grammar
Everyone makes mistakes (it’s not like the blog entries here, especially mine, are perfect), so we don’t often play the game of gotcha when we see a mistake; however, there is so much confusion between lose and loose that I … Continue reading
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Tagged getty images, grammar, language, loose versus lose, nate mclouth, writing
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Special Encore Presentation
I love the special encore presentations when I see them on television. Not because I love yet another lame re-run but because I enjoy seeing television executives trying to make their lame re-runs seem like a special event. Inflated language … Continue reading
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Tagged inflated language, language, special encore presentations, television re-runs, writing
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Conjunctive Adverbs—-or Adverbial Conjunctions
A sign is hanging up at work: Empty the trash, then line the basket with a new bag. I saw the forecast for my local area: Rain will end this morning, then it will be partly sunny this afternoon. Both … Continue reading
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Tagged adverbial conjunctions, conjunctive adverbs, English, grammar errors, punctuation with then, writing
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Keep ’em Coming
This is another installment of your pet peeves, which are pet peeves that you posted on our Pet Peeves page. Some of them might be redundancies, but I doubt they’re as redundant as the previous sentence. Keep ’em coming–we love … Continue reading
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Tagged grammar, grammar errors, language, pet peeves, writing
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Comma with Because
I often see writers and editors putting a comma before the word because, for example, This won’t surprise anyone who has known her for a long time, because she has always espoused both liberal and conservative perspectives. The problem with … Continue reading
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Tagged comma use, dependent clause, grammar errors, punctuation, writing
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Are You Killing the Apostrophe?
Years ago, I came across a column on the demise of the apostrophe, called Are You Killing the Apostrophe. It makes no sense to me to discard a perfectly good and useful mark of punctuation simply because some people don’t … Continue reading
Tsunami is a Thrilling Prospect?
Anytime I hear Quicksilver President and CEO Bob McNight say “A tsunami in surfing is a thrilling prospect, but the tsunami in business is terrifying” in an advertisement, I am shocked that something so stupid and insensitive is used as … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob McKnight, language, outrageous commercials, Quicksilver, tsunami, writing
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More Language Pet Peeves
I always like to say that everyone has at least one pet peeve, and based on the number of comments that we’ve received on the Your Pet Peeves page, I’m obviously right! We’ve decided to occasionally highlight some of your … Continue reading
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Tagged grammar, grammar errors, language, pet peeves, writing
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Yellowbook It
I recently wrote a post about the expanding usage of google it (Googled It on Youtube), but now Yellowbook is actively trying to turn the name of its company into a verb by suggesting that people should yellowbook it when … Continue reading
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Tagged Google, google it, grammar, language, writing, Yellowbook, yellowbook it
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