Paul Yeager's weather book
Paul Yeager's language book
Tag Archives: grammar
Logical Reason
Whenever I hear someone give a logical reason, I wonder how many illogical reasons they’ve given. A reason is the basis or cause of a belief or action, and it’s assumed that that these beliefs or causes are based on … Continue reading
Posted in grammar, humor, language, politics, sports, writing
Tagged grammar, grammar error, language, redundancy, redundant language, writing
1 Comment
Linking Verbs Further De-mystified
In Linking Verbs De-mystified, I said that I would talk more about linking verbs later because there’s just too much to do for one post. Well, later has arrived. Again, we’ll keep it simple for clarity sake. Remember, linking verbs … Continue reading
Linking Verbs De-mystified
Linking verbs have several things going on, so we’ll keep this one simple. Linking verbs are intransitive (Transitive and Intransitive Verbs); that is, they do not have direct objects after them. Linking verbs describe a state of being rather than … Continue reading
Posted in grammar, language, writing
Tagged English, grammar, language, linking verbs, predicate adjective, predicate noun, subject complement
Comments Off on Linking Verbs De-mystified
Anonymous or Unnamed Source
Not every post on this blog is as simple being correct or incorrect. Sometimes, it’s about clarification to ensure accurate communication, and I think that we could use some clarification about the use of the adjectives anonymous and unnamed when … Continue reading
Posted in grammar, language, writing
Tagged anonymous sources, anonymous versus unnamed sources, communication, grammar, language, Sarah Palin, unnamed sources
Comments Off on Anonymous or Unnamed Source
Miami Book Fair, Here I Come
The Miami Book Fair is the largest and most prestigious book fair in the country, and I’m very excited to be one of the participating authors this year. The festival, which takes place on the campus of Miami Dade College … Continue reading
Posted in grammar, language, writing
Tagged Ammon Shea, grammar, language, literally the best language book ever, Miami Book Fair, Miami Book Fair 2008, Miami Dada College, Mim Harrison, paul yeager, Reading the OED, Smart Words, writing
Comments Off on Miami Book Fair, Here I Come
On Either Side of This Mistake
Either I’m missing something, or we’ve become very confused about the proper use of the word either. We still get it right when used in the way I just used it, either/or; it’s either one thing or another; however, either … Continue reading
Posted in grammar, language, writing
Tagged both not either, either/or, grammar, HGTV, interior design, language, on either side, writing
2 Comments
Complete Lack of Tolerance for Tolerance
Tolerate means to allow or to permit, and a person has no more right to allow or to permit another person (or group of people) to be different from himself or herself than I have to permit or to allow you … Continue reading
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
Verbs are either transitive or intransitive. That essentially means that they either need a direct object or they don’t. With a transitive verb, the action (verb) is being done to something else or someone else—a direct object. With an intransitive … Continue reading
Posted in grammar, language, writing
Tagged English, grammar, intransitive verbs, language, passive voice, transitive verbs, writing
Comments Off on Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
Let Us Proceed from the Preceding
I’d never really considered that proceed could ever be used incorrectly to mean precede—until I saw it on a job application—for a university—a major university that prides itself on admitting only those students with the highest scholastic records. The application … Continue reading
A Buck Ten Left in the Game
Oy. I don’t know if any trendy announcer-speak is more annoying than the tendency for announcers to start referring to the time left in a game in terms of money, such as There’s a buck ten left in the game. … Continue reading
Posted in grammar, language, sports, writing
Tagged a buck ten left, announcers, grammar, Joe Buck, language, NFL, sports, writing
2 Comments
Everything Language and Grammar 