Articles filed under Baumann, Jim
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Grammar Moses: How many instances of people mistaking 'incidents' for 'incidence'?
Feb 25, 2023 6:16 PM - Jim tackles three similar and oft-misused words.
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Grammar Moses: You talk funny. No YOU talk funny.
Feb 18, 2023 5:25 PM - Jim digs into reader responses about the prospects of protecting our dialect(s) with a law.
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Grammar Moses: Is there an Illinois dialect, and is it worth protecting?
Feb 11, 2023 5:02 PM - Jim picks apart a survey that asks residents of each state whether their state's dialect is worth protecting by law.
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Grammar Moses: Why 'monosemy' can mean only one thing
Feb 4, 2023 4:50 PM - Jim writes about the multiplicity of meanings in English words.
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Grammar Moses: Did your mama raise you right?
Jan 28, 2023 4:56 PM - Jim differentiates 'raise' from 'rise'
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Grammar Moses: 'Redundancy' argument worth repeating
Jan 21, 2023 5:56 PM - Jim revisits the the matter of repetition versus redundancy.
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Grammar Moses: Repeat after me ... Don't be redundant
Jan 16, 2023 10:49 AM - Jim tries to find any example of redundancy in writing to be of value.
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Grammar Moses: 1 in 2 of you reading this has better things to do
Jan 7, 2023 5:23 PM - Jim looks at 'has' and 'have' and presidential grammar gaffes.
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Grammar Moses: Resolving to write better with no negative effects
Dec 31, 2022 4:35 PM - Jim and friends resolve to write more effectively. How about you?
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Grammar Moses: Have a dope Christmas
Dec 24, 2022 4:54 PM - Jim has helpful hints for conversing with the young people in your life today.
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