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Scratch and Dent Sale
Language and marketing are inseparable since the key to effective marketing is effective communication, and with that in mind, I’d like to mention that I’m troubled by the frequency of scratch and dent sales that take place at a local … Continue reading
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Tagged appliances, grammar, humor, language, scratch and dent sale, writing
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Big Off-Season Move
Winter is nearly as important to baseball as summer, when the games are played, because the foundation for the team is set during the winter off-season. With that in mind, it appears as if the Pittsburgh Pirates, the team that … Continue reading
Posted in humor, sports
Tagged AJ Burnett, baseball, CC Sabathia, humor, Mark Teixeira, New York Yankees, off topic, Pittsburgh Pirates, sports
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Storm Chasers–I Don’t Think So
Storm chasing is one of the rare instances where science and cool seem to meet, which is evidenced by the preponderance of television shows that highlight storm chasers. In fact, there is at least one reality show based on storm … Continue reading
Posted in humor, language, weather, writing
Tagged humor, language, meteorology, storm chasing, TLC's Storm Chasers, tornadoes, 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
Two-Second Rule
The two-second rule is not an updated version of the five-second rule for our fast-paced society. In fact, it has nothing to do with eating food off the floor or ground at all—that’s disgusting; the two-second rule is an easy, quick … Continue reading
Red Sox/Yankees on TV?
Imagine my surprise when I turned on the television on Sunday night and found that the national baseball game on ESPN was the New York Yankees versus the Boston Red Sox. Why, that hadn’t been the national game since way back on Saturday, … Continue reading
Posted in humor, off topic, sports
Tagged Boston Red Sox, humor, major leauge baseball, New York Yankees, off topic, Yankees/Red Sox Rivalry
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Monthly Error Report
It’s definately been an exciting month here at languageandgrammar.com, so my monthly post on all of our errors is gonna be a little late. When I wasn’t being handy (at least the stainless steel appliances and pre-owned car didn’t break), … Continue reading
I’m Very Handy
I’m a writer, not a computer repairman–and I have proof. Here at the languageandgrammar.com headquarters, we recently needed to buy a new laptop. It’s not that the old laptop quit working, but the hinges that held the screen in an … Continue reading
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