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Politically Incorrect

Posted on April 12, 2008 by languageandgrammar

Its been awhile since I’ve done one of my very unique entires that highlights all of the errors that we’ve talked about in the past month (28 Language Errors in one Post), so I thought I’d write another one today. … Continue reading →

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The General Consensus Is…

Posted on April 8, 2008 by languageandgrammar

The general consensus at languageandgrammar.com is that the expression general consensus is redundant. Consensus means that the majority holds the same opinion; in other words, it’s the general opinion of the group. Logically, then, not only is there no reason … Continue reading →

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Exclusive Breaking News!

Posted on April 3, 2008 by languageandgrammar

As regular blog readers certainly know by now, my first book, Literally, the Best Language Book Ever, will be published soon–on May 6, 2008. In fact, I have exclusive coverage of the press release related to the book’s release. I … Continue reading →

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Flesh Out, New Friends

Posted on April 1, 2008 by languageandgrammar

Don’t let the title confuse you–I’m not fleshing out new friends, whatever that might mean. This entry covers two issues. (By the way, how many of  you read that sentence and thought that it was a post that covers two problems, not … Continue reading →

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Misspoken Identity

Posted on March 27, 2008 by languageandgrammar

I watched an hour of cable television news recently, and that means two things: 1) The only newsworthy items in the world were what Senators Clinton and Obama think of each other and what issues Senator McCain was flip-flopping on that … Continue reading →

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Sweat Equity

Posted on March 20, 2008 by languageandgrammar

Equity is the amount of money that a property or business is worth beyond what is owed. For instance, if you owe $200,000 on your home, and it’s worth $300,000, then you have an equity of $100,000 (breaking news: languageandgrammar.com … Continue reading →

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Pushback to Pushback

Posted on March 14, 2008 by languageandgrammar

Since pushback (or is it push back?) has started to replace resistance in nearly every conversation in the business world in this country, I’ve decided that it’s time for me to step in and single-handedly prevent yet another non-word from … Continue reading →

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2008

Posted on March 12, 2008 by languageandgrammar

This falls more into the category of a language observation than a language abuse or grammar error, but it’s interesting to note that ever since the beginning of the 21st century, we’ve nearly unanimously changed the way in which we refer … Continue reading →

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47-Hour Weekend

Posted on March 7, 2008 by languageandgrammar

I have a confession to make: I didn’t know that it was daylight-saving time rather than Daylight Savings Time (with an s, no hyphen, and caps) until co-blogger Sherry Coven corrected me. She is, of course, right–as she always is–so you might be … Continue reading →

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Say No to Income Coming In

Posted on March 6, 2008 by languageandgrammar

Don’t get me wrong–I’m not saying no to income, but I’m saying no to the redundant phrase income coming in. Income, of course, is money that you receive, which means money that comes to you. In other words, saying income … Continue reading →

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