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Cliché Creep:  The Dissolution of the Real

As we spend more and more time online and less time actually interacting physically with each other, I’ve noticed an interesting linguistic trend. Basic biological Anglo-Saxon verbs are becoming virtualized. What used to be tangible and concrete is now in danger of becoming jargon. Think of “hooking up” and “getting in touch” or even “looking […]Read Post ›

It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s the Pie in the Sky Grammar Patrol (Episode Three)

“Only” the Lonely Misplaced modifiers can be a lot of fun–for everyone but the writer. When I teach “boring grammar” to large classes, I like to start by sharing lists of unintended humor compiled from newspapers and writing centers across the country. Everyone has a good laugh and is a little more motivated to be […]Read Post ›

Another Bite from the Pie in the Sky Grammar Patrol

Aloha Fellow Grammarphiles! I hope you have been having as many rib-cracking hysterics as I have been enjoying during our endlessly entertaining political personality parades. (It’s either that or give up and cry.) I tried to resist for several weeks, but I can’t contain myself. I confess to one tiny polite little tweet suggesting that […]Read Post ›

Two Bites from the Pie in the Sky Grammar Patrol

On Getting Laid Chickens lay eggs. People lie down. If I have to read any more sentences with people “laying down,” I will be forced to lay an egg. Or lie down with a migraine. “Lie” is an intransitive verb that indicates situation or position. “Lay” is a transitive verb–i.e. where subject causes something to […]Read Post ›

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