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Grammar Moses: Take down pants, and spank yourself for getting this wrong

Apr 3, 2022 8:19 AM - Jim looks at the order of things and how that keeps your writing in line.
Grammar Moses: I've lost the great space debate

Mar 27, 2022 5:30 AM - Jim points out the difference between 'a while' and 'awhile.'
Grammar Moses: What's your true range? And what's so scary about portmanteaus?

Mar 19, 2022 4:49 PM - A copy writer says a book includes our fears "from agoraphobia to arachnophobia." That's what Grammar Moses calls a false range. Also, is it OK to write a word that's not in the dictionary like "stompled"? It could be a new portmanteau.
Grammar Moses: What 'headline-speak' is and why we use it

Mar 12, 2022 4:29 PM - Jim provides a guide to interpreting headlines.
Grammar Moses: The distinction between 'crash' and 'accident' is an important one

Mar 5, 2022 5:41 PM - Jim writes about when a crash is not an accident.
Grammar Moses: On geopolitics and Catholic converters

Feb 26, 2022 6:26 PM - Jim gripes about rampant misuse of "surround."
Grammar Moses: Let's talk about bad math and F-words

Feb 12, 2022 5:30 PM - Jim takes a look at bald-faced versus bold-faced and foundering versus floundering.
Grammar Moses: In headline writing, leave room for logic

Feb 5, 2022 7:40 PM - Jim discusses the difference between real newspapers and Hollywood prop papers.
Grammar Moses: A lass, I knew her well

Jan 29, 2022 5:34 PM - Jim takes on acyrologia.
Grammar Moses: That doesn't sound right!

Jan 22, 2022 7:08 PM - Jim explores commonly used words that don't sound right in context -- because they aren't.

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