“either side” please, writers and speakers, stop saying “either side” when it’s not what you really mean to say. for example, i’ll read/see/hear something like this: “there was a statue of a lion on either side of the door at the entrance to the library.” what they are trying to tell you is that there…
I didn’t know, although I’ve seen evidence of it for years, that newspapers and magazines have taken it upon themselves to change the rules of language and grammar. It must have been a long ago conspiracy that concluded with the universal dropping of the serial comma – the comma where you have a list of…
there are a few phrases that people are constantly saying that are just plain wrong, and apparently the people themselves just refuse to listen when i try to explain the errors. 1. “it was all downhill (or uphill) from there.” the reason people get this phrase wrong is because they are mixing up what it…
an issue came to me in a writer’s workshop last night. there is no such word as “alright,” although many learned people believe the contrary. i think the influence is because of the word “already.” see, the similarities are kicking sand in your face. please don’t use the word “alright.” it’s “all right.” i didn’t…
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