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You Can Quote Me on That
While British English allows for period placement outside quotation marks, in American English, the period goes inside the quotation marks. He referred to the people being wrestled to the ground and the shoes flying in mid-air as a “disagreement.” Paul … Continue reading
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It’s Supposedly, Not Supposably
What does supposably mean? Is it supposed to mean in a supposed way? How about able to be supposed? No, I don’t suppose; those don’t make sense. In reality, supposably is a non-word that is mistakenly used for the correct … Continue reading
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User Friendly Is Just Easy to Use
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
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
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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Me and You, Me and Him, Me and….Anyone Else
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
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
Miami Book Fair, Here I Come
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?
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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On Either Side of This Mistake
Either I’m missing something, or we’ve become very confused about the proper use of the word either. We still get it right when used in the way I just used it, either/or; it’s either one thing or another; however, either … Continue reading
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