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Archives by Category:

• Abbreviations
• Adjectives
• Adverbs
• Apostrophes
• Capitalization
• Commas
• Common English Blunders
• Conjunctions
• Contractions
• Devolution toward Simpler
• Euphemisms
• Foreign Languages
• General
• Hypercorrection
• Hyphens
• Idioms
• Imperatives
• Mispronunciations
• Misspellings
• Nouns
• Number
• Outsider's Perspective
• Passive Voice
• Plurals
• Possessives
• Prepositions
• Pronouns
• Redundancies
• Self-negation
• Tenses
• Verbs
• Versus

Archives by Month:

 
December 2008

• "I feel bad." vs. "I feel badly."
• "Due to the graphic nature of this program viewer ..."
• "The tool it's self seems ..."
• "Phonics" vs. "Phonetics"

November 2008

• "If your husband was trapped in a car, would ..."
• "He sites the following historic quotes ..."
• OnlyWire
• "ALWAYS VISABLE"
• "Disassociate" vs. "Dissociate"
• "... held in captivity for three months, the Taliban execute ..."
• FirstBook.org
• "STOCKS TO BAILOUT YOUR PORTFOLIO"
• "... promising lightening quick data rates ..."
• "... separate business at arm's-length from ..."
• "... obtained verbally, in writing, or electronically."
• "... mirror back (or paraphrase) to the customer ..."
• "Ten items or less"
• "Because" vs. "Since"
• "Proportional" vs. "Proportionate"
• "... applications that denigrate network capacity ..."
• "Accredidation"
• "Free Gift"
• "Next days of observance of agents' use of the tool"
• "Change of venue location"
• "Leader-led training"
• "Contenting with a clutch in stop-and-go traffic ..."
• "... to advise every one of housekeeping items ..."
• "Chance that someday you will forget ..."
• "Helpful" vs. "Helpless"
• "Battery" vs. "Cell"
• "TOGO"
• Changing One's Accent, #2
• Changing One's Accent, #1
• "(... the G1 is NOT even close people)"

October 2008

• "Any Occassion Top"
• "Does that have any relevancy ... ?"
• Freckle
• "... did not have anyway to contact current members."
• Beginning a sentence with "And" or "But"
• Linguistic Connections
• The diversity of "get"
• "Give the money to us!" vs. "Give us the money!"
• "You are wright, Edward."
• "Republicans and Democrats reach across the isle ..."
• "... recognize your Employee’s and Peers!!"
• ShareThis
• "Dwarves" vs. "Rooves"
• "He hit the ball hardly." vs. "He hardly hit the ball."
• What a year it has been!
• "Condemn" vs. "Contemn"
• "Please distribute amongst your team."
• "... the areas first formidable competition ..."
• "If you can't find the answer your looking for ..."
• How to keep working in a worsening economy, cont.
• How to keep working in a worsening economy
• "Affect" vs. "Effect"
• "These extra-ordinary times called for extra-ordinary actions."
• "Assure" vs. "Ensure" vs. "Insure"
• "Lie" vs. "Lie" vs. "Lay"
• "It was a lot of work on everybody's behalf."
• Fun with Numbers
• "2 Complete Pair for $99"
• "Three sheets to the wind"
• "Nintendo is going to sell eleventy billion of them."
• "... its on sale ..."

September 2008

• "The reason's why are threefold:"
• "meet" vs. "meet with" vs. "meet up with"
• "Home Theater Install Unit"
• "... disposing the body ..."
• "The new manager, John Smith is ..."
• "They are the people which pay the bill."
• "Put a notation in the document."
• "Happy birthday Kirk!"
• "Natures Family"
• "Let's discuss about it."
• "Swimming Suit" vs. "Swim Suit" vs. "Swimsuit"
• "The fund-raising campaign is underway!"
• "Those ones ..."
• "... no more frequent then usual."
• "These ones ..."
• Can a verb reveal ethnicity?
• "Mosquitoes" vs. "Mosquitos"
• messiest, messier, messy, less messy, least messy
• "I'll relate it back to ..."
• "Release trigger and repress while touching object."
• "Respondent" vs. "Responder"
• "Coordinate" vs. "Co-ordinate" vs. "Coördinate"
• "It tastes different." vs. "It tastes differently."
• "Economic" vs. "Economical"
• "phone" and "blog"
• "How are you[,] my sister?"
• "... please find the documents attached here width."
• "That's imported travertine marble from Italy."
• How much to correct this misspelling?
• "Professional Trainings"

August 2008

• "... put our thinking gaps on ..."
• "... a unique opportunity for my colleagues and I ..."
• "... and if you're school is near by, ..."
• "Pronounciation"
• "I thought that the ask of me was ..."
• "Please forward that on to him."
• "Pronunciate"
• Six thousand dollars to correct eleven misspellings
• "Scull" vs. "Skull"
• "Spend 15 minutes everyday with the words."
• "Number" vs. "Numeral"
• "11 NEWS IN HIGH-DEFINITION"
• "The hands that install rooves ..."
• "7x time Tour de France Winner"
• "It's about 25 foot tall."
• "Is there anyway to create a clone ..."
• "MAKE IT SEEMLESS!"
• "Simular" vs. "Similar"
• "Ritual" vs. "Superstition"
• "well-qualified buyers" vs. "well qualified buyers"
• "Malaria has touched their own lives."
• It pays to be able to speak more than only English.
• "return back"
• "Palate" vs. "Palette" vs. "Pallet"
• "Polka Dot" vs. "Polka-dot" vs. "Polkadot"
• "... with a possible extention."
• "w w Amazon dot com"
• "Do you mind ...?" "Yes."
• "... it was passed 3:00 pm ..."
• Digital photos: Here today. Here tomorrow?
• "Powerful plant base cleaner"

July 2008

• "I don't think they'll be adverse to ..."
• "I know the likely hood of ..."
• "Tangenting here, ..."
• "There's some slate gray weaved in to the sofa."
• "Avenge" vs. "Revenge"
• Randy Pausch: A Better Communicator
• "advised of"
• "... it's reliant upon System Ready-ness ..."
• "Download it for free."
• "... a guy who's service goes down every day ..."
• "Scallion" vs. "Scallop"
• "Validate" vs. "Verify"
• "... all of which I use alot, ..."
• "... no longer apart of the group"
• "Readyness to travel"
• "OUR CONDOLANCES TO THE DEBAKEY FAMILY"
• "Surpress"
• "Link" vs. "Linkage"
• "I seen him."
• "He has ran five miles."
• "If ya'all could lay out..."
• "If I would have known, ..."
• How to put these blog posts in Gmail
• "Entitled" vs. "Titled"
• "They credited me back the whole amount."
• "Physical Year"
• "She totally condescended to him."
• "et al"
• "... which reflects back to our customers."
• "Bouillon" vs. "Bullion"
• "Rebel-rouser"

June 2008

• "There were firstly the Amerindian people."
• "One" as a Pronoun
• "Masonary"
• Using Google to Examine English Usage
• "... net net effect ..."
• "The DVD is due on next Sunday."
• Lessons Learned from George Carlin
• "... a couple callers ..."
• "... separate out [something] ...
• "... when one of the levees breached."
• "Forth-Sixth Grade Curriculum"
• "Anecdote" vs. "Antidote"
• "Restoral" vs. "Restoration"
• "Call-Jim at ..."
• Jott
• "Quote" vs. "Quotation"
• "... good number to reach you back at?"
• "... as seemless as possible."
• "Congradulations!"
• "... distribute out [something] ..."
• "... communicate out [something] ..."
• "I have asked my team to fulfill the following roles."
• Think "back" with "re-".
• "... a long-time friend of myself."
• "Loose" vs. "Lose"
• "Capable" vs. "Able"
• "... content assessable from the home page"
• "Stakeholder the tool ..."
• "Resiliency" vs. "Resilience"
• Second, then Third, then First

May 2008

• "Remote Control"
• "..., and etcetera."
• "Dutties"
• "Mingaling"
• "Determinate" vs. "Determinant"
• "It wasn't something I pre-planned."
• "BECOME A BARBER STYLIST IN 9-MONTHS"
• "He wanted to play so bad ..."
• "... for the both of us."
• "Do to limitations ..."
• "HIS & HER'S WALK-IN CLOSET"
• "Accessable"
• "They brought back little momentos ..."
• "Alternate" vs. "Alternative"
• "SLOW CHILDREN AT PLAY"
• "I liked the visual affects."
• "Electronical Devices"
• "Pre-planning"
• "Limited Quanities"
• "Blah Blah In Blah"
• "I'm actually going to lie them down."
• Simile vs. Metaphor
• "We were debating on that."
• "... Comcast will wave its early termination fee ..."
• "The police car was hidden in the medium."
• "Disconcerning"
• "... a cause larger than yourselves."
• "There are a lot of cats here."
• "Cache" vs. "Cachet"
• "Supercede"
• "Superceed"

April 2008

• "Lagniappe"
• "Capital" vs. "Capitol"
• "go into hospital" vs. "go into the hospital"
• "... where it has a scar at now."
• "Foxit Reader is a ... viewer ..., with incredible small size ..."
• "Suggestive Overall Improvements"
• "BABY LETS MAKE LOVE."
• "She makes more than him."
• "We need to accelerate this pace."
• "Altercation"
• "I saw him on yesterday."
• "I'll bring that to you on tomorrow."
• "It's the question ... posed of Senator Obama ..."
• "Anticlimatic"
• "... it could have a material adverse effect ..."
• "Monster ... Gold Angled Spade Connectors (2 Pair)"
• "When I was reading up on that, ..."
• Dash vs. Hyphen
• "It crashed in ... Australia killing one cow."
• "Skype -- social networking at it's best"
• "There were a number of updates."
• "None of them work."
• "I would like for them to ..."
• "The storage in this kitchen is very minimum."
• "He did not try to sell me on an expensive system."
• "Bring" vs. "Carry"
• "Missed Direct Calls"
• "WOOD BASE HIGH END FURNITURE"
• "... when the couple said a guy went up to them ..."
• "If" vs. "Whether"

March 2008

• "Im out of Save/pay-by-mail envelopes."
• "INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES UNIT & APPEAL'S"
• "Authorizations will be expired on March 31."
• "We have slows in the area."
• "Invite" vs. "Invitation"
• "150,000 net video adds in first quarter"
• More about "Irregardless"
• "Sir, for your hurts, myself will be your surgeon: ..."
• "... in the care of cold water."
• "Apply anytime weeds are actively growing."
• "REPORT DISCOURTEOUS DRIVER'S TO"
• "Please ... forward back to me ..."
• "Complementary" vs. "Complimentary"
• "All ready" vs. "Already"
• "He did not call back yet."
• "Inoften"
• "Wood" vs. "Wooden"
• "Provides Dentist Recommended Benefits"
• "Avalanche" vs. "Landslide"
• "Reoccur"
• "He don't."
• "Classic" vs. "Classical"
• "Jealous" vs. "Envious"
• "FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT"
• "... something that I and our team appreciate."
• "Maybe there's some truth to the fact ..."
• "LOW CALORIE HYDRATOR"
• "This is the exact same thing."
• "This is a non-smoking terminal."
• "A Revolution-ary Way to Grow Tomatoes"
• "Summarization" vs. "Summary"

February 2008

• "Continually" vs. "Continuously"
• "It doesn't cut mustard."
• "We have to error on the side of caution."
• "Valentimes Day" or "Valentime's Day"
• "Heighth"
• "Supremist"
• "Allusion" vs. "Delusion" vs. "Illusion"
• "They" vs. "He" or "She"
• "All Together" vs. "Altogether"
• "at least 16-years of age"
• "Historic" vs. "Historical"
• "Intent" vs. "Intention"
• "Communication mediums:"
• "..., spectacular view properties, ..."
• "Androgenous" vs. "Androgynous"
• "I'm worried about him singing with the choir."
• "Must" vs. "Needs to"
• "The LAS VEGAS HILTON, will honor ..."
• "Whether you think youre wrong, ..."
• "CLINTON LOOSES SUPPORT"
• "Each of us has our own style."
• "A no non-sense approach"
• "Backward" vs. "Backwards"
• "Acronym" vs. "Initialism"
• "Unchartered territory"
• "Albumen" vs. "Albumin"
• "RADAR ENFORCED"
• "Entertaining Room"
• "PIN Number"

January 2008

• "ATM Machine"
• "Supposedly" vs. "Supposably"
• "Create two process-improvement opportunities."
• "Thanks so much for sharing Jim."
• "Gender" vs. "Sex"
• "Anytime" vs. "Any Time"
• "Loath" vs. "Loathe"
• "Conversate"
• "Oh, for Heaven sakes!"
• "ARTIC FRONT"
• "Whether or not" vs. "Whether"
• "Whether" vs. "If"
• "The following tests will be ran."
• "They created me a business-objects ID."
• "Die" vs. "Pass Away" vs. "Pass"
• "Click here if this page does not refresh in one minute."
• "Driver License" vs. "Driver's License" vs. "Drivers' License"
• "Bring" vs. "Take" Revisited
• "One of the most deadly phenomenon ..."
• "This should be another cumulative criteria."
• "The Nelson's"
• "... a tool to manage the project end to end."
• "Please wait for the host to be seated."
• "Flammable" vs. "Inflammable" vs. "Nonflammable"
• "Imply" vs. "Infer"
• "She cleaved to her mother." vs. "She cleaved the limb from the tree."
• "Seed the lawn." vs. "Seed the tomato."
• "We join up with Tom."
• "... the biggest in recorded history."
• "WordPress Red Womens T-Shirt"
• "NEW YEARS EVE WITH CARSON DALY"

December 2007

• "Select Items Storewide"
• "A while" vs. "Awhile"
• "Step 1. Walkup to the bar."
• "Disection"
• "Las Vegas was beat out by Liverpool."
• "Ourself"
• Give. Help. Get.
• "Healthy" vs. "Healthful"
• "That" vs. "Which"
• "... , sort of speak."
• "The website is growing everyday."
• "She don't love you no more."
• "echo back"
• "I'm not sure where she's at."
• "Translator" vs. "Interpreter"
• "10 lucky employees and there one guest have ..."
• "We can setup a meeting."
• "Cohort"
• "She could of called."
• "Dependent" vs. "Dependant"
• "Verbal" vs. "Oral"
• "Between" vs. "Among"
• "Second of all,"
• "Jon is suppose to present it."
• "ingenius products"
• "Miniscule"
• "Install" vs. "Installer" vs. "Installation"
• "sign and drive"
• "which is very fun"
• "Can" vs. "May"
• "Eminent" vs. "Imminent"

November 2007

• "Elicit" vs. "Illicit"
• "Can Hillary be beat?"
• "Literally, we're bursting out of the walls."
• "It is to provide more than 58,000 jobs."
• "Each person was prettier than the next."
• "We'll see who outdoes each other."
• "Iniquity" vs. "Inequity"
• "As the Earth rotated around the Sun ..."
• Give a little. Get a lot.
• "Building the worlds best communications company ..."
• "Lift to assure disposal."
• "Toward" vs. "To"
• "Nauseous" vs. "Nauseated"
• "Upon" vs. "On"
• "Utilize" vs. "Use"
• "In line" vs. "Inline"
• "Where are you at?"
• "He looks different." vs. "He looks differently."
• "Is comprised of"
• "Methodology" vs. "Method"
• "He graduated college last year."
• "Please list out what you want."
• "I'm waiting for him to reply back."
• "I'll share out the document."
• "Please respond back."
• "Listing" vs. "List"
• "From 9 a.m. - Noon"
• "Come" vs. "Go"
• "400 Pair of Copper Wiring"
• "The cases display below the search criteria."

October 2007

• "I could care less."
• "Bring" vs. "Take"
• "Irregardless"
• "On behalf of myself and other company Leaders, I want to thank you ..."
• "Kid's Club" vs. "Kids' Club" vs. "Kids Club"
• "It will start on today."
• "Everyday - 10 AM to 9 PM"
• "Please send that file to Ellen or myself."
• "Please send it to he and I."
• Commas change third person to first person.
• "i.e." versus "e.g."
• "Premise Installer"
• More about YOUR vs. YOU'RE
• "THATS HOT / YOUR NOT"
• "Making Referrals are Easy"