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Spelling Rant
Posted by Editormum on Monday, 5 March 2007 in Uncategorized | ∞
The Grammar Guru spent fourteen hours this weekend tramping through various home improvement stores looking at cabinets, linoleum, floor tile, ceiling fans, countertops, lavatories (bathroom sinks, for you non-architectural types), and other stuff for her remodeling projects. And her feet are killing her. Those hard, concrete floors as not conducive to comfortable shopping experience. But […]
Stop Adding Syllables!
Posted by Editormum on Sunday, 15 January 2006 in Uncategorized | ∞
Some pronunciation — and now spelling — errors have become quasi-acceptable in the language, to the point that a couple of them can even be found in the dictionary. That still doesn’t make them right. Orientated is not a word. Orient is a verb meaning to find one’s position or direction. One can orient oneself. […]