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I live in a small residential community that is part of a large metropolis. My neighborhood will be undergoing extensive construction to build a light rail system. I had questions about this so I wrote to my local town councilman. Because I use a voice dictation program, when I dictated my letter, instead of...
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Last week, I finished reading Bright-Sided by Barbara Ehrenreich. It was a wonderful critique of the down side of too much positive thinking, and how this can be used to blame people for making themselves ill, and even contribute to economic decline, if leaders in power don’t want to hear any “bad news.”   I wrote Ehrenreich...
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Recently, I was watching the new TV show by Tony Robbins. In his premiere episode, he said, “We’re here to celebrate two people’s lives who are extremely important to me.” What Tony really meant to say was that the two people were very important to him. If he had wanted to say that their...
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How many times do you run across phrases like this? David just sent me a text from his cell phone. I have to be there at 10 AM in the morning. He was all alone by himself. The rugged kayak lover grew up in a tiny little town. Stop! There’s no need to repeat yourself. We know that a...
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People often confuse then and than, although they mean completely different things. Then is most often used as an adverb, and it indicates something that takes place after an initial action, whereas than is a conjunction usually used to make comparisons. Here are some examples: “I ordered Chinese food. Then I went looking for a...
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Lately, I’ve been listening to a CD called “Warning” by Green Day. In fact, it’s been on instant replay in my car. I often sing along — only in private, mind you — and I always sing the wrong word on a certain line. I finally figured out why that is. It’s because the...
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Here’s a small sampling of the jobs available for editors this week. Got a hot tip? Drop us a comment and share the love! Houghton Mifflin Harcourt seeks a K-12 editor for their Evanston, Illinois office. Note that this is an on-site position, not a telecommute. The Motley Fool is searching for an editor with an...
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Alright Versus Altogether Sometimes, the words all right and altogether look as though they are related and that they should both be spelled the same way. But this is not the case. All right is always spelled as two words; the one word version is incorrect. Altogether, on the other hand, may be spelled as...
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Me, myself and I look like simple words that we use on a regular basis, but they’re easy to misuse. Here’s an example: “Matt and myself are going to the movies.” Writers may think they’re being more formal by talking that way, but it’s not proper usage. The correct way to...
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by Joe Wallace I’ve been in the field since the last update, but rest assured, updates are indeed coming-including a brand new round of editor jobs. Thanks much for your patience!
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