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Politically Incorrect
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
Posted in grammar, humor, language, monthly reviews, politics, writing
Tagged Add new tag, democratic nomination, election, English, grammar, language, politcally incorrect, politics, writing
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The General Consensus Is…
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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Tagged English, general consensus, grammar, language, writing
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Exclusive Breaking News!
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
Posted in grammar, language, off topic, writing
Tagged books, grammar, language, literally the best language book ever, paul yeager, writing
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Flesh Out, New Friends
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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Tagged business terms, English, flesh it out, flesh out, grammar, language, writing
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What Does the Word Dictionary Mean?
On several occasions in this relatively young blog, Sherry and I have stated that the mere presence of a word in a dictionary does not necessarily mean that the word is an acceptable word, and, understandably, some of you have … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptable grammar, dived vs dove, dragged vs drug, English, language, writing
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Misspoken Identity
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
Poor Communication or Poor Taste Test?
Ok, I’ll admit it. This is another post that’s more of an off-topic rant than a true language or grammar post, but, hey, there must have been some lack of communication for my informal Pepsi taste test to go the … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, humor, kosher coke, kosher pepsi, language, taste test
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Sweat Equity
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
28 Language Errors in One Post!
I did alot of ideating today and decided to start a new regular feature on the blog: a post that highlights all of the entries that Sherry and I have written in the past month. I thought that I would start … Continue reading
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Tagged 28 language errors in one post, grammar errors, humor, language, writing
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Pushback to Pushback
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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