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Costly Language Mistakes

Posted on October 28, 2009 by languageandgrammar

Communication can be costly because how well you communicate will largely dictate your success, but I didn’t know a communication mistake could cost a business $340,000,000 (340 million)! That’s what happened when a Japanese trader accidentally sold 610,000 shares of … Continue reading →

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Stop the Insanity!

Posted on October 26, 2009 by languageandgrammar

I always think of 1990’s health guru Susan Powter when I see someone using two spaces after a hard stop (period, exclamation point, question mark, etc.) in 2009. Not only is the reasoning behind the double space antiquated, but it … Continue reading →

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Compound and Complex Sentences

Posted on October 21, 2009 by languageandgrammar

Good writing comprises different elements, for example, clarity, honesty, and correct basic mechanics. One of those mechanics is the ability to vary sentence structure. More mature writing consists of more than just what are called simple sentences. A simple sentence … Continue reading →

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Annoying Work Words

Posted on October 13, 2009 by languageandgrammar

It’s been my experience that executives have been more responsible for annoying, trendy language at work than the rest of us, but a recent survey of executives has revealed their top language pet peeves. One of the most annoying is … Continue reading →

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Common Grammar Errors

Posted on October 5, 2009 by languageandgrammar

The most popular page on languageandgrammar.com (by far) is Sherry’s Grammar List, so I thought I’d highlight the page today. Sherry’s Grammar list contains over 125 common grammar errors, listed in alphabetical order. –Paul

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We’re Listening…

Posted on September 27, 2009 by languageandgrammar

That’s right, ladies and gentlemen. When you share your language pet peeves, we listen. In fact, we also highlight them in a blog post, just as we are today. Here are about 20 of your pet peeves: We was (which … Continue reading →

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What Did the Pot Call the Kettle?

Posted on September 13, 2009 by languageandgrammar

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 →

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Getty Images Looses Grip on Grammar

Posted on August 18, 2009 by languageandgrammar

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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Keep ’em Coming

Posted on August 3, 2009 by languageandgrammar

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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More Language Pet Peeves

Posted on July 5, 2009 by languageandgrammar

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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