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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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May 7, 20183 min read
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 23, 20162 min read
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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Mar 21, 20162 min read
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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Jun 25, 20152 min read
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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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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