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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
Stuck in One Place
Redundancy is common in our language, and we use many of the redundant phrases without even realizing it. Blazing inferno, terrible tragedy, and heavy downpours are three examples that I included in my book; these are said so often that we … Continue reading
Wanna Bet?
Wanna isn’t a word; it’s a verbal laziness, same as the non-word gonna. It started as only a spoken error, but now, it has made the all-too-familiar leap to a written one, at least on the Internet. Do you want … Continue reading
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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Whose/Who’s Woods These Are…
This is another one of those problems of mistaking an apostrophe for a possessive. It doesn’t sound likely, I know, but it really is an easy mistake to make. It happens with its/it’s, and it happens with whose/who’s. Whose, the … Continue reading
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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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
The Age-old Question: Is It Due to or Because Of?
Some writers, editors, and dictionaries don’t care about the interchangeable use of due to and because of. Is that, perhaps, because of a lack of grammar information, or is that, perhaps, due to a lack of grammar information? Others (and … Continue reading
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Is It Gonna or Going To?
I remember that in fourth grade, a friend of mine showed me an essay she’d written. I couldn’t tell you anything about it—not the subject or the class or the length of the essay–except that within this masterpiece of childhood … Continue reading
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