Consecutive vs. concurrent. It turned out to be a tragically big deal. Whether is was a clerical error or omission (or series of them), the end result is the same: three dead. Evan Ebel was incorrectly released four years early…
Category: Grammar, Spelling and Other Hurdles
Blogs on writing
It Always Comes Down to the Proofreading
A Washington, D.C. radio station cited this example in one of its weekly “Knuckleheads in the News” contests: An elementary school in Fort Worth, Texas is getting an “F” for adding an extra “i” to the spelling of its name.…
It’s Not What You Say
Sadly, communication is too often judged by presentation rather than content. Latest case in point: Marco Rubio’s response to the State of the Union message. An awkward reach for a sip of water overshadowed everything he said… at least on…
Colloquials and Other Grammar Hazards
Which is harder to believe—that some people revel in grammar and make a career out of it or that others, like me, appreciate that they do? Two of my favorites are Grammar Girl (aka Mignon Fogarty) and Charles Harrington Elster,…
It’s About Time
Time. It is at once completely objective and subjective at… well, the same time. Nothing else has quite the extent of measurement – clocks that measure to the nanosecond and watches that are the most exquisite of accessories. (Have you…
One Week and Counting….
The Mayan calendar expires a week from today. I don’t understand Mayan math well enough to understand why there’s an end. But there is. The end is 12/21/12. While I believe it represents nothing more than the end of an…
Think Before Posting
No doubt every teen has been lectured about what they post on the Internet. Whether or not it resonates with them is another question. In the heat of the moment, all sorts of comments and images hit social media pages…
Transmission Traffic Jams – Getting Your Message Through
It’s a jungle out there. And in terms of content, it’s getting worse exponentially by the day if not the hour. Think about all the things that compete for your attention… all the things that compete for your time. Blogs,…
Money, Energy and Time – Keeping It in Balance
I’ve come to the conclusion that there are three attributes that pretty much drive things: Money, energy and time. I learned that while working on home improvement tasks, and my limits were set… or driven… by one of those factors.…
It’s All About Context
Wow. Who knew Big Bird and his Sesame Street friends were responsible for the nation’s budget deficit? That claim got a laugh from the president’s supporters yesterday And cartoons abound about the big yellow guy being out of work. Four…
