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User Friendly Is Just Easy to Use

Posted on December 11, 2008 by languageandgrammar

While flipping around the dial (that’s what we used to say back in the good old days), I heard the host of a travel show tell a traveler that Italy is the most user-friendly country. A country is user friendly? … Continue reading →

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Logical Reason

Posted on December 10, 2008 by languageandgrammar

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 →

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Credit Crunch

Posted on December 8, 2008 by languageandgrammar

The economy is a very serious problem now, but I’m going to talk about a much less serious problem—our obsessive use of the term credit crunch. Credit crunch is everywhere. During car commercials (local or national), I hear that you … Continue reading →

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Insensitive Communication

Posted on December 2, 2008 by languageandgrammar

Here at languageandgrammar.com, one of the points that we like to make is that communication goes beyond grammar. Grammar is important, of course, and we’ve written many posts about it (and will continue to do so), but it’s also important … Continue reading →

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Me and You, Me and Him, Me and….Anyone Else

Posted on November 25, 2008 by languageandgrammar

This is not so much an English grammar rule as it is English grammar etiquette that says something about the speaker. When referring to yourself and anyone else, the polite thing to do is to put yourself last, not first. … Continue reading →

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Linking Verbs Further De-mystified

Posted on November 22, 2008 by languageandgrammar

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 →

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Linking Verbs De-mystified

Posted on November 19, 2008 by languageandgrammar

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 →

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Anonymous or Unnamed Source

Posted on November 17, 2008 by languageandgrammar

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 →

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Miami Book Fair, Here I Come

Posted on November 11, 2008 by languageandgrammar

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 →

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Is It Him and I or Him and Me?

Posted on November 9, 2008 by languageandgrammar

I’ve already written some general information about pronouns, but I think that it might be more helpful if I tackle them individually. Here, I’ll talk about the personal pronouns him and I versus him and me. Let’s get a couple … Continue reading →

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