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Random Capitalization 31 May 2013 | 12:49 am
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities I’m not someone who sends a lot of text messages, but I’ve sent enough to understand the n...
Confused Word Pairs: Orient, Encase 12 Apr 2013 | 01:13 am
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities Here’s something I wrote in AIS Writing Tips that I thought would work well here. Viewer M...
Communicating with Tact, Confusing Word Pairs, and More 21 Mar 2013 | 06:34 pm
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities Just a quick reminder: This is not the only place where I post my language ramblings. Feel...
How to Write Good 20 Mar 2013 | 09:03 pm
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities A friend sent this along recently, and it’s worth a look (and maybe a laugh). Filed unde...
Proof that Dictionaries Are Not Source for Proper Grammar: “Thx” Now in Dictionary 15 Mar 2013 | 12:49 am
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities We at languageandgrammar.com have taken some criticism for saying things like “Dictionarie...
Descriptivism Versus Prescriptivism 15 Jan 2013 | 05:34 am
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities This sounds more like the wars the erupt between descriptivists and prescriptivists to me:...
Desciptivism Versus Prescriptivism 15 Jan 2013 | 05:34 am
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities This sounds more like the wars the erupt between descriptivists and prescriptivists to me:...
Subjunctive as a Way of Life! 31 Dec 2012 | 12:43 am
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities We’ve written about the subjunctive a couple of times (Subjunctive Uses Were, Not Was and ...
Subjunctive Tense as a Way of Life! 31 Dec 2012 | 12:43 am
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities We’ve written about the subjunctive a couple of times (Subjunctive Uses Were, Not Was and ...
Managing Expectations 5 Dec 2012 | 09:21 am
Managing expectations is one of business terms that is effectively a trendy way of saying something in an indirect manner. I thought of the term today when the general manager the team with the longes...
