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Spare the Hyphen and Spoil the Phrase
It’s been a long time since The Grammar Grouch has groaned and moaned, and he’s getting testy. Time for him to purge those damned,...
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Sep 19, 20184 min read
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Just Between You and Me …
The English language, in the United States at least, is in free fall. Everywhere – in newspapers, periodicals, online stock market...
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May 7, 20183 min read
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Well, I’ll be dashed!
I have been remiss, and my file of miscues in the mechanics of writing has grown thick. Newspapers, magazines, business communications –...
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May 23, 20162 min read
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Alas, poor Your. Ick.
The best evidence of the deterioration of quality in our society is, in my view, the misuse of your. Ladies and gentlemen, your is an...
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Mar 21, 20162 min read
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Fitness Trainer Unfit to Write
I’m part-way through an email promotion for what the fitness trainer alleges to be the most amazing discovery about how to flatten your...
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Jun 25, 20152 min read
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“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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Aug 16, 20143 min read
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