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Jun 9, 20143 min read
Compounding the Problem
The compound sentence … Hardly a day goes by, it seems, without a certain grammatical error appearing in the local newspaper. What is it?...
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Jun 7, 20143 min read
as well as …
“As well as” can be expected Weighty issue How often do you see a sentence with a series of items separated by commas, and “as well as”...
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Jun 7, 20143 min read
In Defense of Less Defense
Cutting defense President Barack Obama The Obama administration wants to cut the defense budget, eliciting howls of protest from...
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Jun 4, 20144 min read
Ossified
How much does Dr. Oz know? A lot of so-called experts achieve their reputations only partly because of their skills and knowledge. They...
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Jun 2, 20142 min read
as well as …
“As well as” can be expected Weighty issue How often do you see a sentence with a series of items separated by commas, and “as well as”...
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May 31, 20143 min read
Global Warming
Forest fire out West caused by global warming Which is a worse way to die, by water or fire? The way things are going, future generations...
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May 28, 20141 min read
The Uncommon Comma
No Commoners Here My all-time favorite cartoon appeared in The New Yorker a few decades ago. A woman in a long formal gown and...
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May 25, 20141 min read
Graft, Money, Opportunism = GMOs
GMOs are safe? Researcher shows GMOs dangerous GM forces discredited the study. But after he presented his results to the European...
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May 10, 20144 min read
Health-Care Labyrinth
You’ve had a sore back for a long time and want ozone injections developed by Nevada physician Frank Shallenberger, disseminator of the...
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May 7, 20142 min read
Bewitched, Bothered by Between
“And Shutterfly expects full-year revenue to be between $903 million to $920 million.” That sentence was in an investment newsletter...
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May 7, 20143 min read
Saturated Fat is Good for You
There it was, in the March 30 edition of the Palm Beach Post, part of the syndicated People’s Pharmacy column by Terry & Joe Graedon:...
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