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Writing and grammar help found here (Ouch! Kick Writing and Grammar Errors to the Curb. Thursday, June 24, 2010. She'll Be Funeralized: What? This morning, yet another TV reporter sent shivers down my spine when he announced that the victim of a murder would "be funeralized." He quickly stepped on his own toe and stammered, "Sh- she'll be. A funeral will take place tomorrow.". Oh, no," I exclaimed. "Funeralize? I hoped not. Why not? Okay, fine, I'll get up and check my OE:. November 6, 2011 at 12:26 PM.
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writing & grammar help found here (Ouch! No caps?): October 2007
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Writing and grammar help found here (Ouch! Kick Writing and Grammar Errors to the Curb. Sunday, October 21, 2007. Actor Wanted- Blond, Buxom, Bawdy. Suddenly, women who act for a living are calling themselves “actors,” an appellation that distresses me for some of the same reasons the word “guy” when referring to women distresses me. Is this what that women’s movement during the 1970s was all about? Indeed, in terms of stage and screen, the lexical pickings are slim. I guess “player” isn&...Is usually a ...
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writing & grammar help found here (Ouch! No caps?): May 2010
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Writing and grammar help found here (Ouch! Kick Writing and Grammar Errors to the Curb. Monday, May 10, 2010. Cyndi Lauper Feels Bad, and That's Correct. Donald Trump, you're wrong. Cyndi Lauper, you're right. It's "I feel bad. That's because "feel" is a linking, or connecting, verb. As its name indicates, a linking verb connects the subject with the adjective. I feel badly" means I'm very bad at feeling things. I run my fingers across the class and do a terrible job of it. Links to this post.
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writing & grammar help found here (Ouch! No caps?): June 2010
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Writing and grammar help found here (Ouch! Kick Writing and Grammar Errors to the Curb. Thursday, June 24, 2010. She'll Be Funeralized: What? This morning, yet another TV reporter sent shivers down my spine when he announced that the victim of a murder would "be funeralized." He quickly stepped on his own toe and stammered, "Sh- she'll be. A funeral will take place tomorrow.". Oh, no," I exclaimed. "Funeralize? I hoped not. Why not? Okay, fine, I'll get up and check my OE:. Links to this post.
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writing & grammar help found here (Ouch! No caps?): Actor Wanted--Blond, Buxom, Bawdy
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Writing and grammar help found here (Ouch! Kick Writing and Grammar Errors to the Curb. Sunday, October 21, 2007. Actor Wanted- Blond, Buxom, Bawdy. Suddenly, women who act for a living are calling themselves “actors,” an appellation that distresses me for some of the same reasons the word “guy” when referring to women distresses me. Is this what that women’s movement during the 1970s was all about? Indeed, in terms of stage and screen, the lexical pickings are slim. I guess “player” isn&...Is usually a ...
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writing & grammar help found here (Ouch! No caps?): March 2008
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Writing and grammar help found here (Ouch! Kick Writing and Grammar Errors to the Curb. Sunday, March 2, 2008. Heighth, Weighth, and Other Measuremenths. You're the guru and I'm confident you'll have the definitive answer. His pronunciation seems to be obsolete at best. Here's the word from the master, Bryan A. Garner,. Dictionary of Modern Usage. You’re right; your principal's wrong (although Garner's "less than fully literate" is a more painful pronouncement). However, the greater sin is his ...
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writing & grammar help found here (Ouch! No caps?): Cyndi Lauper Feels Bad, and That's Correct
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Writing and grammar help found here (Ouch! Kick Writing and Grammar Errors to the Curb. Monday, May 10, 2010. Cyndi Lauper Feels Bad, and That's Correct. Donald Trump, you're wrong. Cyndi Lauper, you're right. It's "I feel bad. That's because "feel" is a linking, or connecting, verb. As its name indicates, a linking verb connects the subject with the adjective. I feel badly" means I'm very bad at feeling things. I run my fingers across the class and do a terrible job of it. I enjoy reading your posts!
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writing & grammar help found here (Ouch! No caps?): December 2007
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Writing and grammar help found here (Ouch! Kick Writing and Grammar Errors to the Curb. Wednesday, December 26, 2007. The Flu or Like the Flu? Flu symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, headache, muscle aches, and extreme fatigue. Then what are “flu-like symptoms”? Well, they would include a fever, but not really; a sore throat, but not really, a headache, but not really, etc. I guess the difference between a flu symptom and a flu-. Once again, I have to ask why news reporters ...
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writing & grammar help found here (Ouch! No caps?): November 2007
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Writing and grammar help found here (Ouch! Kick Writing and Grammar Errors to the Curb. Friday, November 16, 2007. Close Encounters of the News Guy Kind. The other day, I heard the same term in reference to a near accident involving two planes on a runway—"close encounter." Yes, “two planes had a close encounter on the runway.” Indeed, I heard the expression at least fifty times in the space of thirty minutes on almost every news show. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Papers by Joan Taber.
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writing & grammar help found here (Ouch! No caps?): November 2008
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Writing and grammar help found here (Ouch! Kick Writing and Grammar Errors to the Curb. Tuesday, November 4, 2008. In the "you can't make this stuff up" department, I came across this item. UK councils: no Latin lovers. By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer Jill Lawless, Associated Press Writer – Mon Nov 3, 3:13 pm ET. LONDON – It's a bona fide scandal. The English language is a hybrid animal that has adopted any number of words and phrases from other languages which have become a part of English," he...
