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ALL RIGHT: or is it “alright?”

April 8, 2011

Every now and then I am asked to do some editing, something I really enjoy, and something for which I seem to have gathered some skills.   I’m better at spotting spelling, grammatical and syntax problems in someone else’s writing than I am in my own.  I suppose it’s the same thing as not letting a [...]

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NOES: the plural form of the word “no”

July 20, 2010

In a recent article I read the report of someone who was making the case that the Republicans in Congress are the” Party of No!” It is a  criticism which we have heard numerous times over the past eighteen months of the Obama administration.  Clearly, it is a technique decided upon and organized by the [...]

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REVERBERATE: to reecho or resound

June 12, 2010

In reflecting on Tuesday’s primaries throughout the country, a commentator was heard to say that the results of these primaries would reverberate throughout the political world.  It’s somewhat of an overstatement, but that’s commonplace journalism these days.  I chose to look beyond his comment to focus on the word.  Reverberate is one of those words [...]

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