March 2012
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Time to Do My Homework ...
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What's Up With "Beg the Question"?
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February 2012
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What's Up With "Less Than"?
For more on “fewer” vs. “less,” click HERE.
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What's Up With "Among" and "Amongst"? (And "Amid"...
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What's Up With "Every Day" and "Everyday"?
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What's Up With "Prophesy" and "Prophecy"?
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What's Up With "Maybe" and "May Be"?
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What's Up With "Farther" and "Further"?
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What's Up With "Addictive" and "Addicting"?
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What's Up With "Will" and "Would"? (And "Shall"...
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What's Up With "Data" and "Datum"?
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What's Up With "Alot" and "A Lot"?
If you’re wondering where the “Alot” creature comes from, click HERE.
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I Couldn't Care Less Whether You Could Care Less
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What's Up With "Schadenfreude"?
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What's Up With "You and I" and "You and Me"?
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Waking Up in the Morning
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What's Up With "Who" and "That"?
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What's Up With "Lay" and "Lie"?
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What's Up With "Persons," "People," and "Peoples"?
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What's Up With "Whom" and "Who"?
If this is still confusing to you, rephrase your sentence to avoid the entire who/whom problem.
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What's Up With "Someone" and "Somebody"?
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What's Up With . . . the Ellipsis?
Click HERE for an excellent post on the ellipsis, including how to use them in formal writing (e.g., in citing quotations).
The plural of “ellipsis” is “ellipses.”
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What's Up With "Anyway" and "Anyways"?
NOTE: FYI, the erroneous “whats” in Paris’s thought bubble is intentional; it is parallel with the erroneous “Thats” on her T-shirt.
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What's Up With "E.G." and "I.E."?
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What's Up With "Compliment" and "Complement"?