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A Frequent Redundancy
A “business expert” guest on a popular news channel boldly suggested that new business owners trying to impress clients should take them to restaurants that they frequent a lot. Is there an echo in here, or do I need to … Continue reading
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Presently Is Not Now
A commonly misused word that I’ve come across more and more lately is presently. I think the reason that I’m seeing it more frequently is this indisputable need we seem to have developed to try to use longer, and sometimes … Continue reading
Fun with Pronouns: you and me, you and I, him and me…
Nominative pronouns are pronouns that can be used as subjects of clauses or sentences. The nominatives are I, he, she, we, they, who, whoever. Objective pronouns are pronouns that can be used as objects. The objectives are me, him, her, … Continue reading
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Comprised of Errors
I don’t know when or how it started, but comprise and composed of have somehow become intertwined, resulting in the use of comprised of. Well, unfortunately, comprised of is a faulty construction. Comprise means include, as in Haydn’s Piano Sonata … Continue reading
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Disinterested or Uninterested: Very Interesting
Disinterested and uninterested are not synonyms; they are two different words with two different meanings. To be disinterested is to be impartial, unbiased, and neutral, sort of like the referees are supposed to be in football. (Don’t even get me … Continue reading
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Wanna Bet?
Wanna isn’t a word; it’s a verbal laziness, same as the non-word gonna. It started as only a spoken error, but now, it has made the all-too-familiar leap to a written one, at least on the Internet. Do you want … Continue reading
Run, Ran: Have You Run into This Grammar Error?
The present tense of run is run. The association members run a sloppy office. The past tense is ran. I ran out of patience. The past participle is run. I have run into resistance every time I’ve tried to solve … Continue reading
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As You Like It: Like Versus As
If you thought that I was going to talk about Shakespeare, then prepare to be disappointed. I’m going to talk about the use of like versus the use of as. It’s not nearly as stimulating, but it’s still necessary. The like/as … Continue reading
The Age-old Question: Is It Due to or Because Of?
Some writers, editors, and dictionaries don’t care about the interchangeable use of due to and because of. Is that, perhaps, because of a lack of grammar information, or is that, perhaps, due to a lack of grammar information? Others (and … Continue reading
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