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Exact Opposite
An oxymoron is a word or phrase that is contradictory. My favorite is jumbo shrimp–although I’m not sure that this is actually contradictory. You have your small shrimp. You have your medium shrimp. You have your large shrimp. Finally, you … Continue reading
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Manage the Game
I’ve been a professional sports fan for a very long time, but it’s only been during the last couple of years that quarterbacks have started to manage the game. I’m not sure why this trend of talking about a quarterback … Continue reading
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Tagged Donvan McNabb, grammar, Joe Flacco, language, Manage the game well, NFL, Peyton Manning, quarterbacks, T.J. O'Sullivan, writing
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Sporting Errors
If you think that the monthly review of topics that we’ve covered is a thing of the past, then you’ve got another thing coming. In fact, that’s what I’m presently writing. While politics separates us at times, sports often unites … Continue reading
It’s Friday!
I might be incorrect since I don’t know him, but sports talkshow host Jim Rome strikes me as a person who isn’t obsessed with grammar rules. He’s articulate and communicates well; otherwise, he’d never have been successful in his field, … Continue reading
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Tagged grammar, how are you, It's Friday!, Jim Rome, language, language pet peeves, sports, writing
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Actual Fact
A fact is something that exists; it’s reality or the truth. It’s a fact that the collapse of banks is an indication of a very poor economy. Actual is an adjective that is used to describe something as existing or … Continue reading
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Media Room
It’s 2008, and any person who doesn’t have a media room in his house is so 2003. What I don’t understand is why so many people have the need for a room devoted to the media, which, of … Continue reading
The Errors of Summer
Even though I was initially uninterested, it peaked my curiousity when I read that, as we get older, we actually perceive time as moving more quickly. That might explain why it’s already time for my monthly post highlighting all of … Continue reading
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Tagged grammar, language, monthly error report, summer, writing
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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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Tagged English, grammar, grammar error, just between you and I, just between you and me, nominative pronouns, objective pronouns, pronouns, writing
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Meeting Double-Talk
The business world is the breeding ground for trendy words and phrases, so it’s not surprising that a recent business meeting I attended was full of such words and phrases. Since my co-workers already look at me suspiciously (Not the … Continue reading
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Tagged business terms, double-speak, grammar, Jargon, lanuage, writing
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It’s Doable
What’s doable for me is writing a blog about how annoyed I get at hearing everyone say it’s doable. Just so I’m being clear, I’m not saying that this is not a word; however, just because something is a word … Continue reading
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