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47-Hour Weekend
I have a confession to make: I didn’t know that it was daylight-saving time rather than Daylight Savings Time (with an s, no hyphen, and caps) until co-blogger Sherry Coven corrected me. She is, of course, right–as she always is–so you might be … Continue reading
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Tagged Daylight Savings Time, daylight-saving time, grammar, humor, language, writing
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The Conjugations of Lie and Lay
The verb to lie means to rest or recline and is conjugated lie, lay, have/has lain. He lies silently in his bed. Yesterday, I lay on the beach. The dog has lain on the couch many times. The verb to … Continue reading
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Tagged conjugating verbs, conjugations, grammar error, lie and lay, lie vs lay, writing
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Say No to Income Coming In
Don’t get me wrong–I’m not saying no to income, but I’m saying no to the redundant phrase income coming in. Income, of course, is money that you receive, which means money that comes to you. In other words, saying income … Continue reading
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Tagged grammar, income, income coming in, language, redundancy, writing
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This Kind of Error Is Not the Same as These Sorts of Errors
Kind of is singular, so the noun following it needs to be singular; kinds of is plural, so what follows needs to be plural. When either kind or kinds is preceded by a demonstrative pronoun, it should be this or … Continue reading
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Tagged grammar error, grammar mistake, sort of, sorts of, these kind of, these kinds of, type of, types of, writing
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Weather on Your Weekend
Can I register a complaint about my own blog on my own blog? Is that legal? Why do I keep asking myself questions? I hate when people do that! Anyway, I’m the meteorologist, and everyone else on this blog is talking about … Continue reading
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Tagged language, overuse of the word your, personalize the weather, weather channel, writing, your weekend
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Rain Activity and Snow Events
While riding the waves of the Internet, I stumbled across a blog entry that matched well with my recent entry about rain and snow (The Plurals are Rain and Snow). In fact, the entry in John McIntyre’s You Don’t Say … Continue reading
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Tagged grammar, language, rain and snow activity, rain and snow events, rains, snows, weather, writing
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The Plurals Are Rain and Snow
Here’s a look at your snows on your Saturday. We’re looking at wind-driven snows. I hear these kinds of things almost daily from both local and national weather personalities. The plural of rain is rain, and the plural of snow … Continue reading
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Tagged grammar, plural of rain and snow, rains as plural, snows as plural, weather channel, weather grammar, writing
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The Reason is Already the Why
I’ve already written about the redundancy of the reason is because, but I’ve noticed that many people are also curious about whether the reason why is correct grammar. Both the reason is because and the reason why have something very … Continue reading
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Tagged grammar, grammar error, incorrect grammar, reason why, reason why is because, writing
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It Was Like A Nightmare or Something
When I talk about the need to communicate well, I’m not just talking about the need to use proper grammar rules at all times. It’s more about the need to express thoughts in a way that gives the listener an … Continue reading
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