Tag: education
member name: Howard M.
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October 12, 2006 11:53 PM EDT --
Recently, I have had occasion to revisit an issue of grammar. It was not an issue in my mind but it arose in a discussion. I am going to try, mightily, to remain brief, but unequivocal. In short, . . . more
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November 25, 2006 09:12 PM EST --
Has anyone noticed the 'Pretty Good Goods' ad that features a quote from Garrison Keillor's book, Nothing you do for children is...?
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November 29, 2006 04:59 AM EST --
The focus of this article is the semicolon, but it is impossible to have an intelligent discussion of this punctuation mark without some understanding of the other punctuations that can be used to separate . . . more
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November 07, 2006 03:28 AM EST --
I am generally opposed to posting anything that is not original but this is an exception. The bulk of this article is a verbatim copy of a document that is making the rounds of the internet. It was written, . . . more
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January 10, 2007 06:57 AM EST --
I shall return from the moribund with a brief note on word usage, if only to prove that I still live. For whatever reason, I have been asked three times in the last few weeks whether the . . . more
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November 27, 2006 04:20 AM EST --
Last week, I wrote two articles summarizing the use of the comma in non technical writing. These articles excited a few comments buried in a tidal wave of apathy. I had planned to continue the . . . more
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February 10, 2007 05:35 AM EST --
Depression is endemic in the United States. But what does that statement, albeit true, actually mean? What is depression? How do we know that someone is depressed? How do we measure this condition . . . more
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February 12, 2007 06:55 AM EST --
The first part of this article comprised definitions and a little epidemiology, pretty much factual and inarguable. It was easy to write. This part is hard. The facts are not as solid or well defined. . . . more
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November 22, 2006 06:16 AM EST --
I actually sat down at the keyboard to do something constructive, but my eye fell on the page my daughter had been reading. She, and then I, were taken by an ad for a research specialist. . . . more
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October 12, 2006 02:23 AM EDT --
Those of you who have been paying attention might have noticed that, as old codgers are wont to do, I have been preaching the gloom and doom of the new generation. Every generation presides over . . . more
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October 05, 2006 10:15 PM EDT --
A while ago, I posted this, by request, to another group. I found myself rambling on the same theme for our group and thought that it might be a good idea to simply post this and add to it from there, . . . more
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December 15, 2006 09:47 PM EST --
Prejudice
Etymology: Origin is Latin that came to English from the Old French. Praei = pre; dicium = judgment; literally, prejudgment.
Definition: Drawing a conclusion without adequate . . . more
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August 27, 2006 08:06 PM EDT --
The Bottom Line My co-author in the book this is from leaves these language rants to me. Why? "Because I have been a professor of English for 30 years. I have given up."
Data is a plural noun. . . . more
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November 04, 2006 04:33 AM EST --
Our forefathers (as it were) had a vision of a classless society in which religion was not dictated by the state, nor was it banned by the state. Conversely, a single religion was not to be allowed to . . . more
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December 15, 2006 03:54 AM EST --
This is an actual letter that I am sending to a life insurance company to which I recently applied for a policy. Only the names have been changed to protect the guilty. This is another of my series . . . more
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May 31, 2007 07:28 AM EDT --
When I was much younger, and just beginning graduate work, I was relatively convinced that intelligence was a young person's domain. I was keenly aware of the cross sectional studies that appeared . . . more
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November 19, 2006 02:53 AM EST --
As important a part of comma use as rules for when to use it, are the rules for when not to use it. There are many sources of advice regarding this issue, some of them even good. Perhaps the most entertaining . . . more
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November 19, 2006 03:57 AM EST --
Soon after the incident with the southern drawl described in part one of this confession, I had another epiphany regarding the differences in language to which I had to adapt. This involved the friend . . . more
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December 01, 2006 05:37 AM EST --
Hyphen, minus sign, n dash, m dash?? These are all horizontal lines, at mid letter height; all are used in writing, and, aside from general morphology, they bear little relation to each other. Hyphens . . . more
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December 06, 2006 02:49 AM EST --
I had really intended to do something useful tonight, such as work on my current book. Before I turned to serious pursuits, however, I had the passing thought that I should check in on gather, leave a . . . more
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