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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
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Tagged Add new tag, democratic nomination, election, English, grammar, language, politcally incorrect, politics, writing
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The “Ex” Factor: Misspellings and Pronunciations
Ex– words seem to be particularly prone to mispronunciations, and to a lesser extent misspellings, and if they’re not caught early, then they can be a challenge to correct—but who doesn’t like a good challenge? Expecially is an especially … Continue reading
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Tagged English, escape, especially, espresso, excape, expecially, expresso, grammar error, writing
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Everything is All Right—and Singular!
Many readers have expressed interest in learning how to use the indefinite pronouns everyone, everybody, and everything correctly, and I’m glad they did. We all (yes, all) fall prey to this English language error from time to time. There are … Continue reading
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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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Awhile/A while
The awhile/a while grammar error is, obviously, more of a written error than a spoken one. Awhile (one word) means for a period of time, as in Grandpa waited awhile before turning himself into a bat. It already includes the … Continue reading
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A Very Unique Error
I recently heard a runway announcer (no, not the airport kind—the fashion kind) say that each model had her own very unique style. Well, unique already means one of a kind, and putting very in front of it doesn’t make … Continue reading
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
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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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Hit-and-Miss Misses the Grammar Mark
I’ve heard the grammar error hit-and-miss used instead of the correct hit-or-miss by almost every meteorologist on television and by many meteorologists who write weather blogs. Hit-or-miss is an adjective that describes something that either might or might not occur (usually … Continue reading
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Tagged English, grammar error, hit-and-miss vs hit-or-miss, meteorological terms, weather words, writing
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