Published inLanguage is easy; writing is hard.I Literally Don’t Care How You Use the Word “Literally”Does your ire fire up when you hear someone use literally in the following context: “She literally chewed my ear off, going on and on…Oct 10, 20141Oct 10, 20141
Published inLanguage is easy; writing is hard.Lay It Down and Lie LowMost Americans cannot tell the difference between the verbs lay (to place) and lie (to recline). It’s a sad truth. Actually, most…Jul 29, 2014Jul 29, 2014
The Strange Case of He Versus Him, and Other Pronoun (Mis)applicationsSometimes proper English sounds strange to us.May 18, 2014May 18, 2014
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