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24 Things You Might Be Saying Wrong…
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities A Reader’s Digest article from last year, 24 Things You Might Be Saying Wrong, includes quite a few examples of what I … Continue reading
Statement Enclosed
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities. Envelopes arrive at my house nearly every week with the phrase “Statement enclosed” stamped on the front, and the statement inside is … Continue reading
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Come On, Newspaper!
We all make typos, but come on, New Orleans Times-Picayune! (For more, see the Yahoo Sports blog)
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“Correlate” Retirement Age with Life Expectancy
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever Republican lawmakers who want to extend the number of years that you need to work before getting your social security benefits are afraid to say that they’re raising your … Continue reading
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Words Worthy of Being Trashed
While I may have written a book on the topic (Literally, the Best Language Book Ever), it’s good to know that I’m not the only one who thinks that some words, phrases, and expressions deserve to be tossed into the … Continue reading
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Trite Trophy Winner 2010: At The End of The Day
Gene Collier, a sports columnist for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, has awarded the “Trite Trophy” to a deserving sports cliche for the past 27 years. In the column, he mocks commonly used sports phrases and mixed cliches in what has … Continue reading
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Over-Inflated Language
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever The tendency to say simple things in complicated ways is so common that over-inflated language could be a blog on its own. You might say: There is a tendency … Continue reading
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Talk About a Holiday Special: Everything Is Free at Target!
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever I know that retailers always try to top each other during the Christmas shopping season, but Target has seemingly gotten carried away: Everything in the store is free, at … Continue reading
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Tone Check
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever Did you run a grammar check, spell check, and tone check before sending that important e-mail to your boss? If you were like me (until fairly recently), I didn’t … Continue reading
Punctuation with However
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever Punctuation errors are fairly common, and one of the most common is when using the word however to connect two independent clauses. It’s not as simple as just slapping … Continue reading
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