More Cool Collocations
Last week I began what looked like the beginning of a long list of collocations. but I promise you, I…
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Pass the Collocations
Collocations. Isn’t that a neat word? It refers to regular pairings of words, and boy, there are many I use incorrectly and have…
Such Is the Way of Pronouns
I discussed last week how we tend to default to “their” when following singular pronouns, which is bad, bad, bad….
Chopping Off Words To Make Them Taste Good
I’m fascinated with the fluidity of language and how every day it seems words come and go around us. Think…
How Much Further?
The adverbs farther and further are often a problem for many writers. It helps me to think of farther as…
More Verbs To Drug You Through
Here are some lines that are similar to many I see in manuscripts I edit: “After George drug Ralph through the…
To Lay or To Lie—That Is the Question
If I were asked to vote on the verb that causes the most confusion and is invariably conjugated incorrectly more…
No, Your Spell-Checker Probably Won’t Catch These
Here’s another list of some confusables I come across regularly in my editing work. I admit, I will often look…
Are You Infamous or More Than Famous?
I couldn’t resist devoting one post on this since one of my favorite bits in the movie The Three Amigos…
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