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Jul 1, 20153 min read
However: Alpha or Omega?
When I was in my upper 30s, working with the Palm Beach Post, I came across a piece written by the copy chief that had the...
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Nov 28, 20143 min read
The comma: common but crucial
Preventive Gerontologist, Dr. Arnold Bretsky, recommends this … That’s the beginning of a sentence from a newspaper advertorial urging...
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Aug 16, 20143 min read
“This, that” or “This and that”?
Give me an and, the grammar cheerleader in me wants to shout. disjointed You’d think people had an allergy to and. These days, this...
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Jul 8, 20142 min read
Cut the comma
Do you ever read a newspaper story, an advertisement, an essay or some other piece of literature and feel as though you’re being jerked...
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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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