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Monday, January 23, 2012

Investment Advice

Postage went up again. Perhaps buying "Forever" stamps is a good way to save for retirement.

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Monday, January 16, 2012

Contractions

Spell check doesn't want you to use contractions. Ignore spell check -- be a real-life writer.

 



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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Who THINKS of these things?

Charmin has introduced a "designer" cover for your extra roll of TP. Is it just me, or does anyone else think that's a bit frivolous?
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Thursday, January 5, 2012

Who started such a change?

Another annoying trend: Using "this" when you should say "a," or "an," or "the." Example: "I have 'this' red car." Why is that better/trendier than, "I have 'a' red car?"


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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Annoying Trend

Why have writers started to use present tense to refer to the past? Example, "By 1969, cult leader Jim Jones is in San Francisco."
"Is?" What happened to "was?"
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