Tag: adjectives
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March 12, 2007 05:46 PM EDT --
To any writers out there who may be interested, this piece in the New York Times, from a book by Ben Yagoda.
(Apologies to NYT and Ben Yagoda if I'm breaking any codes regarding attribution.)
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March 28, 2007 03:31 PM EDT --
It's another frivolously fluffy game - Positive and Negative! In order to play, you must come up with an adjective or adverb that implies something positive, or something negative - for instance, 'good' . . .
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December 30, 2008 11:18 AM EST --
Have you ever stopped to think about adjectives? There are good adjectives, there are bad adjectives, and some are benign. When applied to people, some adjectives can flatter, encourage or . . .
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April 22, 2008 12:57 PM EDT --
Different ways of describing oneself are possible, believe it or not. We can describe ourselves based on our outward appearance (e.g., "I'm a 5'2" female with brown hair and eyes" . . .
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January 06, 2009 08:53 PM EST --
I'm bored toni ght, and feel like i'm up for one of those popular A-Z word games.
My topic of choice tonight is descriptive words for a classic romantic hero. What words . . .
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April 03, 2008 03:53 PM EDT --
Our subject today is a pair of rather confusing words: uninterested and disinterested .
According to the Oxford Dictionary of Current English , the word uninterested means simply, "not . . .
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April 10, 2008 01:25 PM EDT --
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"I feel bad ."
"I feel badly ."
Which is correct?
Today we discuss this common pitfall when writing . . .
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September 05, 2006 07:44 PM EDT --
I must admit that I have been doing some research about this general writing rule of sparing readers from those devil adjectives and adverbs. In every writing class they tell you to pare your adjectives . . .
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July 27, 2007 09:24 AM EDT --
A friend of mine has taken to using the word "unacceptable" when dealing with service or situations that are, well, unacceptable. She also told me that when her daughter was cleaning out her . . .
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July 10, 2008 03:02 PM EDT --
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Catherine from Edina, Minnesota, sent this message to us:
"Please address the word preventive . . .
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June 05, 2008 05:08 PM EDT --
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This week's topic on Grammar Grater addresses a couple of words that sound alike and come fairly close in meaning, . . .
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June 05, 2009 02:29 PM EDT --
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Perhaps this morning you put on a garment with a zip or zipper , put items into a bag that closed . . .
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June 11, 2009 04:31 PM EDT --
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Last week, Mitzi Gramling, associate general counsel at American Public Media, joined us on the . . .
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April 30, 2009 03:54 PM EDT --
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This week's episode was inspired by a message we received from Mike, a listener in Tucson, Arizona. . . .
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April 02, 2009 02:53 PM EDT --
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This week, we're going to talk about a tricky little word that sounds as if it could mean one thing, . . .
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October 01, 2009 03:48 PM EDT --
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(Repeat episode) This week’s topic on Grammar Grater addresses a couple of words that sound alike and come . . .
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October 09, 2008 05:07 PM EDT --
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This week's episode is inspired by a question we got from Ray, a listener in Saskatoon. Our topic is . . .
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July 02, 2009 03:03 PM EDT --
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This week, we're taking a look at a pair of homophones . You may recall that homophones are . . .
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July 30, 2009 05:28 PM EDT --
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This week, we feature some lighthearted summer fare by looking at expressions that include the word mustard . . .
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July 10, 2009 10:15 AM EDT --
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This week on Grammar Grater, we're taking a moment to investigate a word that has existed for a very long . . .
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