Grammar
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39. Is It Five PAIR or Five PAIRS of Socks?
Greetings again, all of you grammar lovers and I hope you're all doing well.
41. THEM and THOSE and the Problems They Pose
Welcome back, all of you grammarphiles! I hope all is well and that each of you is minding his/her beeswax :-) Today's lesson is another one we need especially here in southeastern North Carolina.Garbl's Redundant Phrase Replacements -- simpler, concise alternatives to verbose, sometimes amusing phrases
Garbl's Fat-Free-Writing Links --This annotated directory lists websites with tips to help you cut the fat from your writing--so your readers can easily chew, digest and be nourished by your top-choice words.
Town Hall Moment: Sen. Joe Wilson ' s tacky explanation for calling President Obama a liar during the president ' s address to Congress. " I had a Town Hall Moment. " The recent healthcare town halls were known for the disrespectful behavior of some healthcare reform opponents. OT-mail: An unnecessary, after-hours e-mail sent to a supervisor or co-workers with the sole purpose of time-stamping how late you worked.. Example: An e-mail sent to the boss at 9:24 p.m. -- "Just wanted to touch base on the Johnson account.
BuzzWhack: The Buzzword Compliant Dictionary
Yahoo! Style Guide
The apostrophe has two main functions: to show the omission of letters or numerals, and to form a possessive. It is occasionally used to make a plural. Search engines help connect Internet users with information they're seeking by analyzing the words on webpages, especially repeated or called-out words. A good word list is never finished. We update ours quarterly with terms that have started to appear frequently, such as "hyperlocal" and "cloud computing."
Organizations & Schools Local, national, and international organizations, schools, colleges, universities, education, non-profits, NGOs, etc. (over 195,000 definitions)
Acronym Finder
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