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Not the Only One Who Hates Verbing!
I know what’s going on. I know that co-workers are starting to speak to me less often for fear that what they say will end up in the blog. I’ve noticed the family members giving me evil looks because they … Continue reading
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Tagged calvin and hobbes, grammar, language, verbs being used as nouns, writing
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Good Morning America on Language
A friend who has read Literally, the Best Language Book Ever sent me a link to a recent Good Morning America segment in which the hosts talked about a recent MSN-Zogby data poll about annoying co-workers. It turns out that … Continue reading
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Tagged Good Morning America, Jargon, language, language pet peeves, MSN-Zogby Data Poll
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Run, Ran: Have You Run into This Grammar Error?
The present tense of run is run. The association members run a sloppy office. The past tense is ran. I ran out of patience. The past participle is run. I have run into resistance every time I’ve tried to solve … Continue reading
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Tagged conjuation of run, English, grammar error, language, run or ran, wriiting
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If It’s the Same, Then It’s Exact
How often do we hear people say things such as This is exactly the same problem as the one we had the last time or I have the same exact shoes or Why do politicians use the same exact words … Continue reading
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Tagged exactly the same, grammar error, language, writing
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As You Like It: Like Versus As
If you thought that I was going to talk about Shakespeare, then prepare to be disappointed. I’m going to talk about the use of like versus the use of as. It’s not nearly as stimulating, but it’s still necessary. The like/as … Continue reading
What Is Breaking News
In my recent mock news report (Olbermann Predicts Daring Clinton Heist), I used the term breaking news. I used it incorrectly, but that was part of the intended humor of the post; in the world of actual news reports, however, it’s … Continue reading
Efforting
Two of the most popular trends in language are: 1) turning nouns into verbs and 2) making the argument that common usage is all that is needed in order for a word to become accepted. The non-word efforting is a … Continue reading
Guilty As Charged
On a call-in radio show on Wisconsin Public Radio on Memorial Day, where I was the guest, a caller had the audacity to say that I had used the phrase the simple fact is that on three or four occasions during … Continue reading
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Tagged grammar, Joy Cardin, language, the simple fact is, WPR, writing
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Pre-owned Car Salesman
As a meteorologist, I have sympathy for people with jobs that don’t get much respect—and I’m not talking about the egg processing factory. (Maybe Rodney Dangerfield should have considered a job as a weather forecaster.) I feel bad for the … Continue reading
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Tagged humor, language, pre-owned cars, used car salesman
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