Grammar Moses: Take down pants, and spank yourself for getting this wrong
Jim looks at the order of things and how that keeps your writing in line
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Grammar Moses: I've lost the great space debate
Jim points out the difference between a while and awhile.
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Grammar Moses: What's your true range? And what's so scary about portmanteaus?
A copy writer says a book includes our fears "from agoraphobia to arachnophobia." Thats what Grammar Moses calls a false range. Also, is it OK to write a word thats not in the dictionary like "stompled"? It could be a new portmanteau.
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Grammar Moses: What 'headline-speak' is and why we use it
Jim provides a guide to interpreting headlines.
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Grammar Moses: The distinction between 'crash' and 'accident' is an important one
Jim writes about when a crash is not an accident.
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Grammar Moses: On geopolitics and Catholic converters
Jim gripes about rampant misuse of "surround."
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Advertiser.ie - Campaign for new bridge to be named after 1916 veteran Julia Morrissey
A campaign has been launched to have the new Salmon Weir pedestrian and cycle bridge named after the leading female figure in Galway during the 1916 Rising - Julia Morrissey.
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Grammar Moses: Let's talk about bad math and F-words
Jim takes a look at bald-faced versus bold-faced and foundering versus floundering.
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Mankato artist lends talents to historical graphic novel
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — When Los Angeles film producer Greg Cahill embarked on a graphic...
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Grammar Moses: In headline writing, leave room for logic
Jim discusses the difference between real newspapers and Hollywood prop papers.
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